Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Most of the major asset classes lost ground last week, according to a set of exchange-traded funds. Bucking the downside trend: US investment-grade bonds and foreign real estate shares. Otherwise, red...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators pushed their bearish net positions higher in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest...

I have been warning of a peak in the markets and a continued capital shift in the global economy that continued to push the NASDAQ and Dow towards new all-time highs while the foundations of the...

Are junk bonds about to send stocks an important message? It looks like it based on this chart Junk Bond ETF JNK has created a series of lower highs and lower lows over the past couple of...

SummaryHomebuilders are feeling very confident.China is cutting rates.The upward trend continues.Homebuilders are feeling confident (emphasis added): Builder confidence in the market for newly-built...

It's been about a month since I last posted on the yield curve. Let's take a current snapshot. US Treasury Yields 1-Year to 30-Years The 30-year long bond set a new record low...

Earlier in the week with yields sitting at 1.94%, we pondered whether or not 10-Year yields could push above 2%. Currently that answer is no, as price has broken back through support at 1.91% and is...

Do you know what’s in your bond fund’s portfolio? A recent study finds that a surprisingly large number of funds are fudging the data. As a result, one or more of the bond mutual funds you...

Bonds Market, Stock Market And How They Connect As you can see, US and German Bonds are moving more or less together and the same thing is with US and German stocks. Of course, there are no perfect...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators sharply increased their bearish net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according to the...

Confused about the outlook for US inflation? Yesterday’s conflicting news isn’t helping.The New York Fed’s monthly survey of consumers in October finds that “short-term...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators increased their bearish net positions in the US 10 Year T-Note Futures markets this week, according to the latest...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators once again cut back on their bearish net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according to...

Since I wrote my last bond article, we have seen many events which market participants assume have an effect upon the bond market.We have recently seen the Fed lower its rate, in addition to coming to...