Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Note from dshort: The market selloff in recent days prompted me to update my Treasury yield data. The yield on the 10-year note hit an interim high of 2.39 on March 19. Today it closed at 1.76, which...

Putting aside the likely exit of Greece from the euro and the possible exit of Spain from the euro and the stresses this will cause on the currently forgotten woes of Italy and Portugal not to mention...

Since good ole operation Twist started, the Ten Year has remained in a tight range giving good buy and sell signals. Whenever TNX went above 2.10 the market sold off. Whenever the Ten Year yield...

Well it looks like the relative “safety” of corporate bonds will not be spared from the upcoming sell-off in risk and one that could become that fast flight to liquidity detailed last...

EquitiesAsian markets skidded on Monday, following Friday’s slide in the West. The Nikkei tanked 1.7% to 9471, the Kospi dropped .8%, and the ASX 200 declined .5%. In greater China, the Hang...

According to recent research done at the IMF, a stable investor base is particularly important when it comes to containing the volatility inherent to the bond market. Institutional investors -- such...

In a zero-interest-rate world, high-yield bonds are one of the last places of refuge for investors looking to earn a decent return on their capital.  Today, the average yield on the Barclays High...

The 30 year / 2 year Treasury yield curve has been on a steady march higher since 2007. This makes sense since that was the year things started falling apart in inflated, debt saturated developed...

Yesterday’s relatively quiet day had an eerie feel of “the calm before the storm” about it. Considering the tumultuous day we saw on Friday the 13th, with all the major global...

The financial media has had a field day with the recent story about the so called "London Whale". Apparently a trader out of JPMorgan's office of the CIO has been a seller of the Investment Grade (IG)...

Investors are living in a time of unprecedented openness by the Federal Reserve. Many readers are old enough to recall the days when “Fed-watchers” would seek to divine the central...