SCHQ News and Press, Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF From 10/13/23

2023-10-13 00:30:00 ET Summary An inverted yield curve, with short-term debt yielding more than long-term bonds, benefits net interest income for households. Sticky wage inflation is likely to support core inflation longer unless there is some weakness in the labor market. The...

2023-10-12 20:10:00 ET Summary Halloween season is now upon us and if you look at recent price action within the U.S. Treasury (UST) market, it looks as if the spooks have started already. The recent surge in the UST 10-Year yield to 4.80% caught many observers by surprise and has...

2023-10-11 21:05:00 ET Summary Assessing risk amid heightened geopolitical tensions. Fed officials say high bond yields may be helping in their inflation fight. Is there a risk that the Fed is overtightening? The Israel-Gaza conflict has some investors assessing ho...

2023-10-11 10:15:00 ET Summary Inflationary pressures will likely be higher going forward than they’ve been over the past two decades. Higher real interest rates are necessary in such an environment to keep inflation at target. Higher real interest rates put pressure on bot...

2023-10-11 08:20:00 ET Summary Core inflation remains elevated in several economies, especially the United States and parts of Europe. Major central banks, therefore, may need to keep interest rates higher for longer. Making debt more expensive is an intended consequence of tighte...

2023-10-11 06:30:00 ET Summary The Israel-Hamas War has shocked the world and brought geopolitical risk to the forefront of global conversation. The September "dot plot" from the Federal Open Market Committee triggered fears that the US Federal Reserve would keep interest rates "h...

2023-10-11 06:02:00 ET Summary The bond bear market bubble has burst, at least for now, and even firm US CPI data might not change this. Two reasons for the bond market bubble bursting are 1) lower US hike risk, and 2) the elevation in geopolitical tension. But there's no reas...

2023-10-11 01:05:00 ET Summary Over the past 12 months industrial production has been flat and the ISM Manufacturing Report has been warning of imminent recession. Despite the warnings from reliable leading indicators, the dominant view now is that there will be a “soft lan...

2023-10-10 12:45:00 ET Summary In September, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee paused rates at 5.25% for the second month running, based on softer inflation figures for the month. However, inflation generally, and in the UK in particular, has proven stickier t...

2023-10-10 11:00:00 ET Summary 2023 has been the year of the Mega-7 stocks, driving the overall market returns. From a contrarian investing view, everyone is so bearish on bonds that it is a bullish signal. Valuations are always the key to winning the long-term investing game....