Bonds Analysis & Opinion

While interest rates remain low, the need for income remains high for investors as market uncertainty can create volatility in asset prices. That said and as the search for yield continues, the risk...

Throughout your schooling, whether in the trading room or the classroom you were taught that Bonds reflected, among other things, inflation expectations. If that is true then the question arises as to...

Bunds beat resistance at 142.29/34 and staged a rally as hoped to our next target at 142.48/52 which did hold the topside as expected. If we break through 142.60 today we should see 142.71/74,...

Despite accommodative monetary policy via QE3, yields on U.S. Treasuries remained range bound where buyers and sellers were indecisive on the direction of the market. However, with the latest weakness...

After reading Jason Zweig’s good piece, “Should You Bottle Up Your Money in ‘Baby Bonds’?” I said to myself, “But what does the prospectus look like?” So I...

Earlier we talked about finding value with a bond issued by Transocean (RIG). This type of bond is a good relative value opportunity for investors who prefer a ‘buy and hold’ approach by...

I've updated the charts below through Friday's close. The S&P 500 is now 7.66% off its interim high set on September 14th, the day after QE3 was announced. We're still above the 10% correction...

ReviewRisk appetite has declined over the past month. Markets are concerned about the slow progress made in Europe and the continued weakness in European data. In the U.S., prospects of tough...

Direction of credit markets will depend on U.S. fiscal-cliff negotiations.Decent -- but not high -- activity in the primary markets.Liquidity management exercise could pick up.Market Commentary Over...

After the last week of stocks taking a beating, it is safe to say that risk is back off. The S&P 500 has declined by 67 points or 4.7% once the market moved past the Presidential election and was...

In the last month 30-yr. bonds have appreciated just better than 4.25% lifting prices to their highest level in 3½ months. As one can see from the chart below, that has put prices of December...

Modern financial theory dictates that sovereign bonds are the most “risk free” assets in the financial system (equity, municipal bond, corporate bonds, and the like are all below sovereign...