Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Dual multi-year channel resistance comes into play in the 10-year rate at (1) in the chart below. Since last summer, the rally in yields has been brutal to the price of bonds, as the yield on the...

US Treasury futures were lower for the third day running amid fresh signs of economic expansion, putting the yield of the benchmark 10-yr Notes on the cusp of rising above 3% for the first time in two...

If this breakout means what I think it means, our dear friend Ben Bernanke, whom I shall curse through gritted teeth on my deathbed, is in serious trouble. It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

A lot has been happening of late in the matter of Argentine bonds. The bottom line is: Argentina continues to resist the prospect of having to pay the holdover bondholders. Since it continues its...

EUR/DKK has moved to being relatively stable below but close to the central rate and August marked the seventh consecutive month without need for intervention from Danmarks Nationalbank to support...

Most folks think it’s all about Syria at this point. I disagree; I think it’s all about interest rates. And the continued weakness of bonds, in the face of the completely-untapered $1...

The benchmark 10-Year Note has recorded the largest 3-day gain in over a year following fears that US will engage Syria via military action as soon as Thursday. Fear is certainly in the air, with US...

The Federal Reserve’s annual conference at Jackson Hole came and went without any material statements on Fed policy. The notable absence of Fed Chairman Bernanke from the conference and the fact...