IUSB News and Press, iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF From 05/05/20

A lot of investors (including plenty of greenhorns) have purchased boatloads of investment-grade debt over the past few weeks, says the team at Bank of America . More news on: PIMCO Corporate&Income Opportunity Fund, iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, Vanguard Total ...

"This is a very good time to borrow money, which means it may not be such a great time to lend money," said Warren Buffett over the weekend. More news on: Apple Inc., Amgen Inc., Starbucks Corporation, News on the U.S. economy, Consumer stocks news, Tech stocks news, Energy stocks news, Ne...

Introduction The bottom line for me is that I’m not at all troubled saying (a) markets may well be considerably lower sometime in the coming months and (b) we’re buying today when we find good value. I don’t find these statements inconsistent. - Calibrating , ...

Introduction Monday was an enlightening day with the S&P 500 falling 7.6%, real estate falling 4% to 5%, corporate bonds falling 0.8% to 2%, and gold was not much protection. Tuesday was a choppy day with the S&P 500 rising 4.9%. As I conclude this article, Wednesday stock futures ap...

While all of the focus has been on the equity markets, and the carnage that is being caused by the coronavirus, I take a different tack. I am not sitting around and wringing my hands and mumbling, "Woe is me." Neither am I saying that "everything will be just fine and dandy, and at any moment,...

The cornoavirus news worsened over the weekend, with infections emerging in those who haven't traveled to China, nor having been in contact with those previously infected. More news on: iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF, ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ETF, PIMCO Corporate&Inco...

Let's start with the Fed's thoughts on interest policy for 2020. This is from the latest meeting minutes (emphasis added): In their consideration of monetary policy at this meeting, participants judged that it would be appropriate to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at...

Last year, during the fourth quarter, all hell was breaking loose in markets across all asset classes. The price of oil was collapsing from $76.90 to $42.36 per barrel. Stock prices plunged, and a general environment of risk-off gripped investors and traders. The selling came from a fear that ...

We can probably begin thinking about using the word "crash" to describe the action in the bond market over the past two weeks. The 10-year Treasury yield is up another 12.5 basis points today to 1.90% - that's a 45 basis point move since Labor Day. More news on: PIMCO Corporate&Income ...

Last year at this time, the US Fed was still on a path of increasing short-term interest rates and reducing its swollen balance sheet. The period of tightening began in December 2015 when the Fed Funds rate lifted off from zero percent. The Fed then rolled out a rote program to reduce the lega...