Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Thanks to fears over the taper’s impact on the bond markets, interest rates were slowing rising going into 2014. In fact, rates on the benchmark 10-year government bond hit 3% to start the year,...

Marketwatch.com noted earlier this week that “bonds are suddenly the hot investment.” Barron’s offered a similar analysis a few days earlier: “Bond prices have surged so far...

Bobl unexpectedly spiked higher beating 126.90 but topped at 126.99 leaving quite a negative candle and an indication that we have topped. Immediate support is 126.65 but below 126.60 is more negative...

Bund unexpectedly spiked higher but fell 8 ticks short of the 144.65 target to leave a negative candle and an indication of a top for now. We dipped towards support at 143.85/80 but if we continue...

Ten-Year Government of Canada Bond held October highs and strong weekly Fibonacci resistance at 131.76/81 again yesterday and as expected headed lower through 131.60 to support at 131.21/16 which just...

Schatz unable to beat November highs at 110.67 and could start to turn lower now in to the end of the week. Support at 110.60/59 again today then 110.56/55 which should hold the downside.110.66/67 is...

Even though equity markets have struggled to start the year, it should be comforting to note that credit markets have remained relatively calm. Credit spreads are one of the best ways to measure...

10 Year Treasuries: Large futures market traders sharply added to their overall bearish positions in the 10-year treasury note futures last week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT)...

Three weeks ago I took a trade in the Municipal Bond ETF (MUB) based on this technical review: Municipals Are Interesting For a Trade. It turned out to be a great trade but shook me out on a stop last...

Buy bonds.That seemed to be the thrust of the 2014 Barron’s Roundtable.  After a year that was brutal for all income-oriented investments, the panelists on Barron’s annual...

If the yield on the 5-yr. and 10-yr. Treasury keeps going lower -- and they want to call a bottom and reversal -- technically, this would be a good place for it. The chart of the 5-yr. yield below...

US Treasury bonds are perhaps a key asset to watch these days, largely because the enormity of the market can cause it to have an impact on other markets provided there is a large flow into or out of...

Bonds have begun to come back to life in 2014 as traders began to realize that the Federal Reserve pulling back on its bond buying program is not the end of the world and that sentiment towards bonds...