BILS News and Press, SPDR Bloomberg Barclays 3-12 Month T-Bill From 01/15/24

2024-01-15 21:13:00 ET Summary The highest-rated core government bonds are called “risk free” not because their prices don’t go up and down, sometimes wildly, and not because they are insensitive to shifting economic forces. The overwhelming probability is tha...

2024-01-11 09:45:08 ET BTC iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) HYG is trading UP for the last 5 days, and it at trading at $77.41 with volume of 9,929,440 and a one day change of $0.04 (0.05%). BTC iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low o...

2023-12-28 11:30:00 ET Summary The 2024 slowdown will probably not be a recession, though that’s certainly a possibility. Yield curve inversion is one of the best leading indicators, measuring whether short-term interest rates exceed long-term rates. Despite the general...

2023-12-28 04:30:00 ET Summary As all students of economics should have learned, prices are set at the margin by the intersection of supply and demand. The surge in the demand for currency has almost completely reversed from its early-covid levels. Corporations are not struggl...

2023-12-26 08:00:00 ET Summary Perceived safe havens - Apple and Microsoft - have drastically outperformed the real safe havens in 2023. However, the equity risk premiums for Apple and Microsoft have moved deeper into the negative territory since our last update in March, leaving ...

2023-12-20 03:08:00 ET Summary In recent years, investors prospered by selling stocks and going to cash in early 2019, avoiding the eventual market downturn and recession in 2020. Since November, the run-up in asset prices has been stunning. Such is particularly the case given the...

2023-12-14 06:30:00 ET Summary The surprise from the FOMC was partly the extra 25bp implied cut added to 2024, but it was more the lack of pushback from Chair Powell on the 2024 rate cut narrative. He almost endorsed it, which leads us to question whether he knows something of sig...

2023-12-02 01:35:00 ET Summary Money market fund flows have surged recently - as investors sought refuge from economic uncertainty while enjoying elevated yields - and now sit at a record $5.7 trillion. Assets in money market funds have ballooned to a record $5.7 trillion, with in...

2023-12-01 11:30:06 ET More on SPDR® Bloomberg Barclays 3-12 Month T-Bill ETF Watch For A Spike In Volatility: Short Term T-Bills And CDs Recommended BILS: Rolling 4 Months T-Bills In An ETF Format BILS: Finding Shelter In Shorter Duration Treasuries See...

2023-12-01 08:25:00 ET Summary Wall Street economists predict a "soft landing" or no recession in 2024, despite recessionary indicators suggesting otherwise. The yield curve inversion is a warning sign of a recession, with the un-inversion marking the start of the recession. O...