Bonds Analysis & Opinion

There is a great bear flag formation on the ProShares UltraShort 20+-Year Treasury (ETF) (TBT). The opposite can be seen on the inverse ETF, the iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas. Bond (ETF) (TLT). There...

This matters......a lot:And here's another look at Bond fund flows of late/very similar time frame:And here's a look at Credit Suisse's Fixed Income Risk appetite gauge: Short term, I believe rates...

With global markets palpitating currently in a fashion all too similar to those living on the Bowery and beginning a withdrawal program, I think it is overly simplistic to say that Bernanke’s...

The bond market selloff after the FOMC meeting and Chairman Bernanke's surprising specifics about exiting QE was quite stunning. However, his hawkish position was supported by yesterday's release by...

If yields on U.S. Treasury bonds keep rising, things are going to get very messy. As I write this, the yield on 10 year U.S. Treasures has risen to 2.51 percent. If that keeps going up, it is going to...

The U.S. Treasury Bonds rise to its highest level weekly in a decade with high yield currencies. The current U.S. Bond surge is due to a stronger economy. With markets adjusting and economic...

It’s been a long time since we had a bear market in bonds. Some may remember 1994, when Greenspan shocked the market from its complacency with a series of hikes in the Fed Funds rate. Events...

Aren’t Fed days fun? Bernanke gets to put on his suit and comb his beard to go out and talk to the nice reporters and tell the world what the FOMC thinks about the U.S. economy. Luckily, we get...

On June 14, it was announced that Detroit will not make a $39.7-million payment on unsecured municipal bonds worth $2.0 billion. This makes Detroit the most populated city to default on its debt,...

In advance of today's FOMC meeting outcome and Chairman Bernanke's press conference, let's take a quick look at a couple of items in the latest Wall Street Journal survey of economists -- this one...

The big question on every investors’ lips today and tomorrow is: “Will the Fed announce or hint at tapering QE?”Over the last two years, one of the biggest tools in the Fed’s...

Watch me chat with Covestor’s Mike Tarsala about how to invest at the end of a 30-year bull market in bonds. I discuss some of the ways I am playing the transition in my Dividend Growth...