SCHQ News and Press, Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF From 11/02/23

2023-11-02 06:47:00 ET Summary November through December also sees what is generally the highest level of corporate buyback activity for the year. In addition to being buyers of equities over the coming month, Goldman Sachs estimates CTAs will also be significant buyers of bonds u...

2023-11-01 22:19:00 ET Summary The Fed funds rate target range was held at 5.25-5.5% by a unanimous vote, with a hawkish tone retained to ensure financial conditions remain tight and aid in the battle to constrain inflation. Higher household and corporate borrowing costs are start...

2023-11-01 21:25:00 ET Summary The Fed has raised rates at an unprecedented pace in the last 18 months. While it seems like they’ve been raising rates for a long time, the reality is that they were playing catch-up for those first 12 months and policy finally started gettin...

2023-11-01 21:10:00 ET Summary The FOMC voted unanimously to keep its five policy rates unchanged today, with the top of its policy rates at 5.50%. It was the second meeting in a row when the Fed kept rates unchanged, after the rate hike at its meeting in July. Today’s ...

2023-11-01 20:55:00 ET Summary For the second meeting in a row, the Fed did what was widely expected and kept the Fed Funds target unchanged at the November FOMC meeting. The trading range remains at 5.25%-5.50%, still residing at a more than 20-year high watermark. While the ...

2023-11-01 09:05:00 ET Summary Historically, investors have been better served adding to their equity portfolios at the start of conflicts rather than reducing exposure or simply staying the course. How has the US stock market historically performed in the one year after the Fed e...

2023-10-31 14:51:00 ET Summary What's driving Treasury yields higher? What high bond yields say about fiscal and monetary policy? Strong US GDP impact on the bond market. The U.S. 10-year Treasury has been hovering near the 5% level as investors weigh the impact of s...

2023-10-31 14:50:00 ET Summary Since July, the probability of a recession starting sometime in the next 12 months has declined. However, the U.S. treasury yield curve is still inverted and the probability of recession remains elevated. The Recession Probability Track indicates...

2023-10-31 07:30:00 ET Summary Fed week this week and the ritual continues. Armageddon continues on hold, rebuffed by continuing good economic and earnings reports. A few words about inflation. If you believe the Fed’s rhetoric, the 10-year US Treasury note near 5% ...

2023-10-31 03:25:00 ET Summary I find it fascinating that for the first full year of inflation, 2021-2022, markets did not price in any interest rate rise at all. When the Fed finally did start to raise rates, amid raging inflation, the market even more curiously thought the rate ...