Bonds Analysis & Opinion

A quantitative run through of the Swedish Fixed Income market, starting with the Riksbank and Money Markets before moving on to government and mortgage bonds.To Read the Entire Report Please Click on...

Buy March Bund asset swap spread futureOpen ½ position at 19.4bp, open next ½ position at 10bp (avg. entry of 14.7bp)Target at 40bp, stop at 0bpIndicative carry and roll around +1bp over...

My bond strategy has always had a position in the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) until last week. TLT, composed of long Treasuries, is a hedge against deflation, and has made money...

2012 was marked by significant credit expansion in the US, as loans and leases on domestic banks' balance sheets hit a new post-recession high. Here is a quick overview of recent lending trends.A...

The US fiscal negotiations are putting pressure on the muni bond markets. ETF Trends: - The tax hoopla has depressed municipal bonds, with high-grade 10- and 30-year munis comparably yielding as much...

I've updated the charts below through Thursday's close. The S&P 500 is now 3.25% off its interim high of 1,465.77 set on September 14th, the day after QE3 was announced. The interim low since then...

US Treasury Bonds have been the gold standard of the debt world for many decades. The risk free rate. Maybe this is about to change, or maybe not, but with the size and potential of the US economy...