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2026-02-23 17:20:00 ET It'd probably be safe to say that bonds have spent much of the past 20 years failing to present a real investment case. Following the 2008 financial crisis, the Fed dropped interest rates to 0%. Short-term bond funds saw their yields drop to next to nothing. L...

2026-02-20 09:46:51 ET More on markets Dividend Roundup: Halliburton, AbbVie, Johnson & Johnson, Delta Air Lines, and more Dividend power plays: 10 large caps delivering 5% yields and 10%+ returns Tech’s internal split: Semiconductor strength masks softw...

2026-02-19 09:49:08 ET More on United States 2-Year Bond Yield, United States 10-Year Bond Yield, etc. Macro Insights: Death Of A Software Salesman, The Great Rotation, And Dot-Com 2.0 U.S. 10-Year Treasury Yield Continues To Trade Near 'Fair Value' Last Call For A N...

2026-02-19 09:00:00 ET A debate for the ages You've heard it time and time again: max out your 401k and traditional IRA if you qualify, followed by possibly your HSA. All of these are pre-tax, tax-deferred accounts, avoiding tax now, anticipating a lower tax rate in retirement. Then...

2026-02-18 11:50:00 ET Transcript Kimberley Stafford: Hello, I'm Kim Stafford, and I'm here again with PIMCO Group CIO, Dan Ivascyn, to give you an inside look at some of the recent discussions taking place within PIMCO's Investment Committee or IC. Dan, thank you for jo...

2026-02-18 09:48:43 ET More on Bonds U.S. 10-Year Treasury Yield Continues To Trade Near 'Fair Value' Last Call For A Nice 2nd Pension, TLT Is OK, But I Like My Treasury Ladder Better Compounding, Leverage, And Discipline: The 25-Year Path From $250K To $10M ...

2026-02-18 09:05:00 ET The markets have turned more nervous in 2026. What started out as a rotation out of tech and into more defensive and value-oriented areas of the market has turned into a steeper sell-off of any sector that could be negatively disrupted by artificial intelligence (AI)....

2026-02-18 03:30:00 ET Across most asset classes, historical data show a strong association between high volatility and falling prices. Equities, credit, FX and crypto alike tend to experience non-linear volatility spikes when risk appetite suddenly contracts and prices sell off, typica...

2026-02-17 13:27:57 ET As explained in Prof. Robert Jarrow’s book cited below, forward rates contain a risk premium above and beyond the market’s expectations for the 3-month forward rate. We document the size of that risk premium in this graph, which shows the zero-coupon yie...

2026-02-17 11:20:00 ET Ever since the Fed concluded its aggressive rate-hiking cycle in 2023, fixed income is no longer an asset class to be ignored. Even ultra-short, risk-free three-month Treasury bills are offering yields north of 3.5% right now. That makes it a viable asset class to con...