Bonds Analysis & Opinion

The benchmark 10-Year US Treasury yield closed below 2% for the first time since Donald Trump was elected President. Having flirted with that level several times over the past week, today the...

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

A flurry of irrational issues has come into the bond markets during the recent few years.A few days back, Austria managed to sell its existing 2117-Maturity century bonds by reopening its 2-year-old...

Are investment grade bonds peaking? Some conditions suggest its possible. This chart looks at Investment Grade Bond ETF (NYSE:LQD) over the past 10 years. LQD has moved sharply higher since the lows...

In a global comparison of 10-year government bonds, three countries have negative-yields and France is on the cusp. The chart is courtesy of Chris Puplava at Financial Sense following an request by...

Be careful how you buy your bonds. The most popular tickers have a few “fatal flaws” that’ll doom you to underperformance at best, or leave you hanging in the event of a market...

Are interest rates near a short-term low? It's possible. This chart looks at the yield on the 10-year note over the past 15 years. The lower part of the chart measures the 35-week performance of...

A high-level consolidation Thursday and a dip overnight just prodding modest, initial support at 127-24 (holding at 127-215), to sustain bull forces from Wednesday’s very aggressive post-Fed...

Kindly take a look at this graph from the good folks at Elliott Wave: I try to keep my mouth shut about the reasons people do what they do in trading. Astrology, Gann analysis, point & figure...

Summary:The Federal Reserve left rates unchanged on Wednesday but signalled an openness to lowering interest rates in the future. However, our analysis of the market cycles for Treasury Note Yields...

What does the fact that the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would stand pat – for now – on American T-Bill interest rates mean for the bond market going forward? The chart above looks at the...

The amount of discussion I am seeing on television, as well as in print, regarding what the Fed is going to do just amazes me. Are people this oblivious to the realities around them?I really have a...

Technically Speaking For June 17SummaryGlobal bond yields are tumbling lower. The latest Beige Book had a number of hedging comments regarding current economic developments. The markets continue to...

Earlier this week – I went on a four-tweet rant highlighting the toxic debt vehicle known as the ‘collateralized loan obligation’ (aka CLO). . .The CLO’s a vehicle that pools...