SCHQ News and Press, Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF From 02/20/24

2024-02-20 20:20:00 ET Summary The biggest economic news last week was that the Labor Department reported on Tuesday that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3% in January and 3.1% in the past 12 months. Overall, the annual pace of the CPI continues to decelerate, but not at the...

2024-02-20 15:19:00 ET Summary Investing has numerous known unknowns and unknown unknowns, making it difficult to know anything for sure. The only things we know for sure in investing are the things we can directly observe. The movements of interest rate and the dollar are, at...

2024-02-19 23:46:00 ET Summary The Producer Price Index dished up another nasty surprise, with the Services PPI leaping by 7.1% annualized, and with the Finished Goods PPI jumping by 4% annualized in January. During the current tightening cycle, the 2-year yield started rising in ...

2024-02-18 21:32:00 ET Summary It is that after trying to figure out whether the economy and markets would achieve a soft landing in the wake of the post-Covid tightening cycle, no one quite knows what to think now that the soft landing appears to have arrived. By and large, leadi...

2024-02-18 18:35:00 ET Summary The underlying floor of our coming markets continues to be the Fed and when they might lower interest rates. CBS reports that Americans now owe a collective $1.13 trillion on their credit cards, with an average balance of $6,360. The Fed’s...

2024-02-16 20:35:00 ET Summary The January Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index inflation reports both came in hotter than expected - underscoring the challenge of reaching the Fed's 2% inflation target. Policymakers have repeatedly noted the need for additional evidence ...

2024-02-14 20:16:00 ET Summary There is a belief that whatever happens to the Fed Funds Rate will be passed along to the Treasury yield curve in a similar fashion. A maturity structure that is not too far removed from the Fed Funds Rate will be anchored and directly linked to tren...

2024-02-14 03:35:00 ET Summary As S&P 500 hits record territory, can the rally continue? What Wall Street's rally says about rate cut expectations. Are there risks to the current market rally? U.S. Markets are being tested after making record-breaking highs. Mich...

2024-02-13 19:35:00 ET Summary The January Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed that inflation was, once again, hotter than expected, frustrating both the market and the Federal Reserve (Fed). Both headline and core monthly inflation accelerated, while the Fed’s favored superc...

2024-02-13 02:03:00 ET Summary There are some similarities between then and now, but not so much in the stock market. The short-term trend of the 10-year yield is now neutral, having broken the short-term downtrend. In the shorter term, sentiment is now too bullish and a corre...