Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Inflation will set the agenda in both Sweden and Norway. In April we saw a significant move higher in Norwegian core inflation and the opposite in Sweden. This divergence is expected to reverse in...

The past few weeks saw the tax-free municipal bond market back up in yield – and down in price. May 2013 was the worst May for the muni market in more than 25 years. And May is traditionally a...

Charles Sizemore discusses the latest trade in his Tactical ETF Portfolio with Covestor’s Mike Tarsala.

In May, the bond market suffered the biggest monthly sell-off since 2004. (Source: Bloomberg, June 3, 2013.) To gauge the extent of the selling, take a look at the chart below, which shows the yield...

I’m going to be taking a careful look at bonds today but first I’ll look at the position of the S&P 500 Large Cap Index (SPX) after Tuesday’s retest of broken triangle support.On...

We put two weekly charts up this morning: the two corporate high-yield ETF’s, which show the junk bond market is in correction mode.Both ETF’s are sitting right on top their respective...

Last week I sliced up the allocations for the global equity markets as of May 31, and today I'll do the same for fixed-income. But first, the standard caveat. Categorizing the global bond...