Foreign Creditors Bail When U.S. Needs Money
The United States borrowed $488 billion in the first quarter of 2018 – a record high for this period. That’s only from…
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3 Major Concerns as U.S. 10-Year Yields Test 3%
Global bond markets dropped Monday, taking benchmark 10-year Treasury notes closer to 3% for the first time in more than four years…
What Late Cycle Market Dynamics Teach You
There is a great deal that contemplating late cycle market dynamics can you about where to invest your money. I could probably count…
Safe-Haven ETFs Ahead of the Fiscal Cliff
The U.S. fiscal cliff is worrying investors as they try to best navigate the markets and exchange traded funds before hundreds of…
ETF Chart of the Day: Leveraged U.S. Treasury Funds
Heading into the final trading day of 2011, we embrace a simple theme today for the ETF Chart of The Day, that…
State Street Lists Floating-Rate Bond ETF
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the asset management business that sponsors the SPDR exchange traded funds, including the world’s two largest ETFs,…
Deficit Gridlock, Europe Woes Push Treasury ETFs Higher
U.S. Treasury bond exchange traded funds rose Monday while stocks weakened on reports the congressional “supercommittee” has been unable to put a…
Treasury ETFs and the Supercommittee Deadline
The iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond (NYSEArca: TLT) was up 1.3% on Monday after the Federal Reserve bought Treasuries and on…
ETF Chart of the Day: Inverse Treasury Funds
About a month ago we noted significant asset inflows in leveraged inverse Treasury-based exchange traded funds, notably Direxion Daily 20 Year Plus…
ETF Chart of the Day: Treasury ‘STRIPS’
In examining 2011 returns among bond exchange traded funds, we would wager that most industry participants would be surprised to learn that…
Treasury ETFs Catch Bid on Safety Trade
Exchange traded funds that invest in U.S. Treasury bonds rallied Monday on worries over Europe’s debt bailout. Still, Treasury ETFs have posted…
Risk-On Rally Sends Treasury ETFs Into Tailspin
Exchange traded funds that invest in U.S. Treasuries fell sharply in Thursday’s “risk-on” rally as equities and yields soared on relief over…
Long-Term Treasury ETF Rises After 7-Day Losing Streak
A closely watched exchange traded fund indexed to long-term U.S. Treasury bonds rose 1% on Thursday as the ETF tried to reverse…
ETF Chart of the Day: Short Term Treasury Bonds
A pair of shorter duration fixed income exchange traded funds have seen notable inflow activity and share creations recently. Specifically, iShares Barclays…