Treasury Bonds

The Last Week In A Nutshell What Happened: “The market has taken us on a roller coaster ride that no one would have believed — from the depths of March 2020, when we dropped to a level last seen in 2016 (e.g., $2,237.40 on the S&P 500) to a 51% rally back to reclaim an all...

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee restated rates will remain low for a “considerable time,” sending volatility into equity, debt and currency markets. Treasury buying was reduced by $5 billion per month, and the 2015 GDP estimate was cut to a range of 2.6 percent to 3 percent...

Longer-term municipal bonds with maturities of around 15 years to 25 years looked very attractive at the beginning of the year as they yielded the same or more than comparable taxable bonds. That's rare. Normally tax-free bonds yield less than comparable taxable bonds in nominal terms,...

The markets will be watching closely on Wednesday, for the monthly release of the Federal Reserve meeting minutes for June.  This ritual is typically met with an increase in volatility, depending on the wording of the statement and any new policy actions voted on by committee members....

ETF Outlook for Tuesday, June 10, 2014 iShares Dow Jones U.S. Regional Banks ETF (NYSE: IAT) The strong sector Monday was the regional banks as they try and catch up to the rest of the market. IAT was up 1.5 percent to the best level since March and is now within striking distance of a six-...

The first two months of the year saw money flowing into U.S. government debt ETFs, as investors were not scared off by the Fed taper. But that trend came to a halt quickly as investors removed $10.3 billion in March from ETFs. That was the largest one-month outflow since December 2010. The...