AGG News and Press, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond From 08/23/23

2023-08-23 05:00:22 ET Three years ago, I wrote to you from the La-Z-Boy in my kids’ room. Which wasn’t unusual. We were all stuck at home staring at whatever immediate family we were sheltered in place with. It was April 3, 2020 . (Ah, 2020. Family walks were the ...

2023-08-20 08:02:57 ET Summary The current streak of negative 2-year/10-year Treasury spreads is the second longest since 1976. Short and long-term peaks in 1-month Treasury forward rates are only 4 basis points apart. The most likely range for the 3-month bill yield in ten ye...

2023-08-18 13:15:04 ET U.S. Treasury yields continue their upward march, despite cooling off slightly on Friday and Bank of America’s global research team indicated that market participants continue to pour capital into the bond market. According to BofA, investors have injected anot...

2023-08-18 09:17:40 ET Wall Street investors were overall net buyers of fund assets which included both exchange traded funds and conventional funds for the week that ended August 16th. In total, market participants injected $31.3B into the fund space, which marked the fourth week of positi...

2023-08-17 21:00:00 ET Summary During LSEG Lipper’s fund flows week that ended August 16, 2023, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets for the fourth week in five, adding a net $31.3 billion. Exchange-traded equity funds recorded $2.5 billion in weekly net inf...

2023-08-17 04:54:00 ET Summary Any equity market pullback will likely be brief due to the short and shallow nature of the expected U.S. recession, and the subsequent swift recovery will demand an agile and proactive response from investors. A substantial amount of corporate bonds ...

2023-08-16 18:56:59 ET Summary The high rate of inflation in the U.S. is a major problem, with the consumer price index showing a significant increase following the economic lockdowns in 2020. Wages have not kept up with the cost of living, forcing people to resort to desperate me...

2023-08-15 10:10:52 ET U.S. Treasury yields continued their march higher on Tuesday morning as the shorter end U.S. 2-Year Treasury yield ( US2Y ) touched 5.00% and the longer end U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield ( US10Y ) tagged highs that have not been seen since October of 2...

2023-08-15 06:03:29 ET Summary The most likely range for the 3-month Treasury bill yield in 10 years is 0% to 1%. The most likely range for the 10-year Treasury bond yield in 10 years is 2% to 3%. The probability that the current streak of negative 2-year/10-year Treasury spre...

2023-08-14 19:17:18 ET Summary The high inflation rate in the US is causing financial strain for Americans, leading to desperate measures such as dumpster diving and pawning possessions. Investors can combat the rising cost of living by investing in closed-end funds that specializ...