Bonds Analysis & Opinion

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

The ECB and EU elected to ignore Italy's debt and soon to be a monstrous deficit. Bond yields plunged. At the beginning of June, the ECB and EU walked down from targeting Italy with excessive debt...

Market movers today We are looking at a quiet day on the release front with the US markets closed for the 4 July celebrations. In the Eurozone, we get retail sales which are expected to edge up...

Yields on the 10-year Treasury fell back beneath the key 2% level today as investors sought shelter on growing concerns over a pending recession. Why, then, did the S&P 500 Index just hit...

Since October 2017, the Federal Reserve (Fed) has no longer been rolling over all of the debt maturing in its securities portfolio. In other words, it is proceeding with net asset sales (tapering). By...

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to disagree. For now. Is this a big deal, little deal or no deal for our dividends?The outcome wasn’t much of a surprise....

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...

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...

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

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...

This afternoon the Fed will announce if they are going to lower interest rates. Does the bond market already have a rate decrease priced into the market? Possible! This chart looks at the yield on the...