Things aren’t looking good for exchange traded funds (ETFs) that invest in U.S. government debt as the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (NYSEArca: TLT) threatens to fall back below $90 a share.
The $3 billion ETF “refuses to recover and is now firmly reasserting the downtrend off the high of last August,” said the ETF Review newsletter from Investors Intelligence in a Friday update. “The decline looks set to test the April 2010 low around $87.50.”
TLT was down 0.4% in premarket action Friday.
Treasury yields have been rising since mid-March, pushing bond prices lower.
iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury
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