AGG News and Press, iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond From 07/11/24

2024-07-11 09:23:50 ET As the latest Consumer Price Index report showed that inflation levels cooled in the month of June, it has sent ripples through the Treasury market on Thursday as yields took a noticeable step lower.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For furth...

2024-07-10 23:41:44 ET Summary AGG has turned positive in total return year to date after a pullback in the first four months of 2024. Treasury yields have retreated amid tamer inflation prints, high-quality credit remains bid, and the equity/bond correlation is weakening, making ...

2024-07-10 14:03:22 ET WisdomTree’s Head of Fixed Income Strategy, Kevin Flanagan argued on Wednesday that future rate cuts by the Federal Reserve could dictate the specific timing of when the yield curve between the shorter end U.S. 2-Year Treasury yield ( US2Y ) and the longer ...

2024-07-10 11:50:00 ET Summary The last time the Fed cut the fed funds rate, the Fed easing monetary policy started with Janet Yellen in Q4 ’16 and ended with Jay Powell in late 2018. The TLT returned +14.12%, in 2019 as the Fed reduced the fed funds rate slightly. Inve...

2024-07-10 10:05:00 ET Summary We upgrade our macroeconomic outlook based on continued strength in the U.S. economy, but remain cautious on still high inflation. Our expectation for just two rate cuts leaves us committed to quality for the rest of the year, but pockets of opportun...

2024-07-08 11:32:20 ET Summary The Treasury curve was down 11 basis points at 2 years and was down 8 basis points at 10 years over the last week. As a result, the current negative 2-year/10-year Treasury spread narrowed to negative 32 basis points this week, compared to negative 3...

2024-07-07 09:00:00 ET Summary U.S. equity markets climbed to fresh record-highs during the Independence Day week, while interest rates fell sharply after a critical slate of employment data showed evidence of cooling labor markets. Traders monitored the continued fallout from the...

2024-07-02 12:03:26 ET The yield curve between the U.S. 2-Year Treasury yield ( US2Y ) and the U.S. 10-Year yield ( US10Y ) has narrowed to its tightest point in two months on Tuesday, as the longer-end US10Y continues to rise at a much faster pace than the shorter-end US2Y.... ...

2024-07-01 17:11:02 ET Summary First Trust High Yield Opportunities 2027 Term Fund offers a 10.89% yield and is set to be liquidated in 2027. The TFHY closed-end fund underperformed bond indices over the past three years, but may provide capital gains as the termination date nears...

2024-07-01 10:04:33 ET More on iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF AGG: An ETF For Bond Recovery Investors were net buyers of fund assets for the sixth week in seven Société Générale spotlights key technical levels for the US2Y and US10Y ...