Bonds Analysis & Opinion

“Junk” bonds have never paid so little. Which makes them pointless. We’re here for the yields, not the credit quality!Fortunately we can improve our dividends and our safety by being...

The US 10-year Treasury is sitting at a major price crossroads level, as shown on the following monthly chart.The tightening triangle formation on the Balance of Power, shown in histogram format, is...

The recent rise in the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has stalled. It’s unclear if this is a pause before the upside trend resumes, or the early stages of new leg down. The sharp rise in inflation...

There are people who listen to Boris Johnson as if he was someone to take seriously. Some of them even write commentary on the bond market.So when the British prime minister said Sunday there is a...

How’s that allocation to bonds working out this year? Probably pretty good, if you favored Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS).With less than four weeks left to the trading year, TIPS...

Analysts scrutinizing historical trends are befuddled by a market that reflects a situation with no precedent. We have a pandemic that won’t end and a Federal Reserve that is dragging its feet...

The yield curve is flattening.I don’t cheerlead a given view, but if I were to do that, I’d be cheering for a yield curve flattener to put a correction to inflationist dogmatists quoting...

The stock markets sit in a dicey situation with not only the Omicron variant adding stress to economic growth, but with Fed Chair Jerome Powell commenting on the possibility of speeding up...

The benchmark 10-year Treasury note has become a barometer of COVID fears, yo-yoing as concern rises and drops. On Friday, the yield on the 10-year fell below 1.5% as the Dow crashed amid worries...

Was Friday’s selling wave overdone? Too early to tell, but the damage from last week’s sudden bout of risk-off left all the major asset classes in red – except U.S. bonds, based on a...

The small-cap Index Russell 2000 (IWM) looks hopeful for a Wednesday bounce while the High Yield Corporate Debt ETF (JNK) sends another warning sign.Though we are watching all major indices, IWM is...

The decision by US President Joseph Biden to nominate Jerome Powell for a second term as chair of the Federal Reserve—when it finally came on Monday—was widely expected. But there was...

US bonds edged higher for the trading week through Friday, Nov. 19, but red ink took a toll on the rest of the major asset classes, based on a set of ETFs.Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF...

Investors are fretting over the prospect of a “Fed Taper,” but history shows such will likely be good news for the bond market. Currently, it doesn’t seem that way, with rates rising...