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The Treasury yield curve has seen a considerable shift up since the beginning of the year. Today, the 10-year Treasury note is trading in line with the Fed’s expected neutral rate, and there are signs traditional bond-equity correlations are returning. Due in large part to ...
VCIT is an exchange traded fund that seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. The vehicle has a 6.4 years duration and has seen a lower price point as 7-year rates have risen by more than 100 bps since the beginning of March. Financial c...
IEI tracks the results of an index composed of Treasury securities, with remaining maturities between 3 and 7 years. The ETF currently sports a 4.68-years duration, and its performance is driven by the 5-year point in the treasuries curve. 5-year rates have touched their decade-lo...
The peak in forward rates underlying the U.S. Treasury yield curve closed the week 20 basis points below last week. The probability of an inverted yield remains high, peaking at 41.8%, compared to 35.2% last week, in the 91-day quarterly period ending February 17, 2023. This week&...
High-yield bonds had a tough start to the year in the face of high inflation, and yields have now reached a level many investors consider to be attractive. While inflation expectations have come down in recent weeks, there is still uncertainty about how far the Fed will go in its...
TLT's technical chart is pointing to a clear bear market. Don't make the mistake of thinking that bond prices will automatically rise if yields fall. Inflation remains the number 1 enemy of bondholders. For further details see: TLT: Bondholders Are Running Out Of Options...
BHK is a fixed income CEF focused on Treasuries and investment grade bonds. Since our Sell rating, the fund has lost more than 10% on a price basis. With rates close to peaking, we feel the easy money has been already made in shorting BHK. This article covers CEFs from our sui...
Markets move in waves and it’s valuable to keep an eye on the big-picture ebbs and flows for context with portfolio rebalancing, adjusting risk exposure and much more. There are several ways to track these broad moves. One of the more useful methodologies is watching the ratio ...
The recent flattening of the yield curve can now allow investors to earn pretty much the same yield in bonds while taking much less duration exposure. We take a look at SJNK - a high-yield corporate bond with a very low duration exposure which earns a higher yield than its longer-dura...
TBF is an ETF which is short long-dated bonds as reflected in the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. 30-year rates have had a violent reset higher in 2022, closing in on their 2018 highs. We are of the opinion that the bulk of the rates move is behind us and the "easy money" i...
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2024-07-10 03:26:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-06-20 05:32:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-06-10 06:22:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...