Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Since Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman provided earnings guidance for 2013 in early October, investors with disappointment on their minds have targeted and attacked anything related to the...

Since the Presidential election, managed care health care stocks have been battered on concerns that profit margins will be squeezed. The re-election helped clarify the future of health care overhaul...

The holy grail of investing is a market timing method that gets you out of the market on bad days and gets you in for the good days. There are innumerable methods for doing this, ranging from slogans,...

High yield bond issuance hit an all-time record in 2012, with $306 billion worth of new HY bonds coming to market by the end of October. In fact September was an all-time record month for new issue -...

The municipla bond market was moribund last week in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Almost all deals were postponed as both buy-side and sell-side participants were sidelined by this terrible storm. We...

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.” - Winston Churchill“This is the year of the empty hand Oh...

As we enter the final stage of the U.S. Presidential race, opinions and polls are being thrown around to get an early indication on the likely winner. With this being the third year of the recovery...

The 10-Year U.S. Treasury has rallied in recent days as the risk-off in equities has increased the bid for safe-haven assets. Despite this, the trend for higher rates is still intact according to...

Governments involved in financial repression (keeping savings rates below the inflation rate) encourage their citizens to do stupid things by reaching for yield. Remember, most people think of yield...

The Direxion 30-year Treasury Bull 3X ETF ($TMF), an index that tracks the performance of long-term U.S. government T-bonds, has been in a long-term uptrend since February of 2011, but has been in an...

Bond ETFs are expected to drive asset growth for exchange-traded products in the coming years. By some estimates, bond ETFs could have $2 trillion in assets under management by 2020. This year, bond...

US Treasury Bond (TLT) prices have been the source of debate for nearly a year. When will the top form and the trade of the century unwind? It may be happening now, but then again, maybe it...