TYNS News and Press, Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bear 1X Shares From 04/30/20

By Kevin Flanagan Unlike other Federal Reserve (Fed) related news since the beginning of March, the April FOMC meeting did not provide any groundbreaking headlines. The policymakers have been incredibly busy over the last six weeks, so this was not really much of a surprise. In fact, wasn'...

Back in May 2009, Paul Krugman published a column titled "The Big Inflation Scare." In it, he complained about the "inflation fear-mongering" going on at the time. "Suddenly," Krugman wrote, "everyone is talking about inflation. Stern opinion pieces warn that hyperinflation is just around ...

The economy slumbers in its induced coma. Businesses are closed, workers furloughed or laid off. But the astonishing headline falls in economic indicators such as GDP and PMI conceal a grim reality. Businesses are closing not just because they have been ordered to do so, but because they are r...

Investment thesis: the bond market has made great strides towards stabilization, largely due to the Federal Reserve Acting as the lender of last resort. Investors that are looking for higher yield could consider more conservative investments in the [[IEF]] (the 7-10 year Treasury) or the [[VCI...

With trillions of dollars of fiscal and monetary policy support being injected to fight the coronavirus crisis, we are fielding a lot of questions from clients about the inflationary consequences of these massive government interventions. Low inflation likely next 1-2 years Time horizon ...

When the Fed stepped in, were corporate bonds "illiquid," the market "dysfunctional," or were the prices just low, as they should be in advance of a Great Recession with a larger bankruptcy risk? Did the Fed "liquefy" the market, "intermediate," grease the wheels, or is it just buying, and pro...

By John Beck, Director of Fixed Income, London, Senior Vice President, Franklin Templeton Fixed Income When times of turmoil hit, most investors become risk-averse, seeking safety over opportunity for higher returns. The coronavirus-driven crisis is no different in that regard. However, J...

One year ago the U.S. economy was robust with unemployment at historically low levels and real incomes rising. No one would have predicted that a year later the economy would come to a halt and more than 20 million people would be applying for unemployment benefits. This reversal was not due t...

It finally happened. On Monday, we saw negative oil prices. The price of West Texas intermediate crude oil dipped below zero and not by a trivial amount. The price of the front month contract fell below negative $40 per barrel. In movement that should be mathematically impossible, the ...

By Kevin Flanagan There's no rest for the Federal Reserve (Fed). Another week, another facility, but this time around it did not involve the money and bond markets. Rather, it was a program geared toward the small business sector of the economy. With the alphabet soup of facilities that ha...