Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Municipal bonds came under pressure last week, pushing the asset class into the red for the year. And it hasn't just been the recent rise in longer term Treasury yields driving the selloff. On a...

Much has been made about investors turning on the equity-buying spigot since the beginning of the year. As the chart below reflects, however, investors appear to be allocating as much of their...

At the risk of seeming like I'm putting together another post that is merely grasping at a straw - any straw - to prove the market is going to turn down Real Soon Now, I offer the following:Bonds, as...

Since reaching rally highs near $132 a share back in July, 2012, long-term bonds have been moving steadily lower. Two weeks ago, the ETF iShares 20+ Year Treasuries (TLT) made a quick surge higher,...

On Friday, the governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, announced that the State of Michigan would seek to take over the financial management of the City of Detroit within two weeks. The governor would...

The global law intelligence unit of Allen & Overy, the London based global law firm, has prepared a white paper on the pari passu clause and the Argentina bond default. This paper is just part of...

This afternoon, the highly followed and traded iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treasury Bond (ETF)(TLT) is trading higher by $1.43 to $118.46 a share. Traders and investors will usually buy into the TLT when...