Two-Year Treasury Yield Hits 10-Year High
Treasury note yields were partly to blame for last week’s stock sell-off and today, those jitters returned with the benchmark yields ticking…
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More Rate Hikes to Come Based on Minutes Released from Fed Meeting
U.S. President Donald Trump’s disdain for higher interest rates won’t gain any sympathy from the Federal Reserve as the minutes from their…
Yields Rise as Dow Erases Early Losses
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 300 points in the early session as the ebbs and flows of volatility made a…
Jamie Dimon Predicts 5% Treasury Yield
At the Aspen Institute’s 25th Annual Summer Celebration Gala in August, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned that a 5 percent yield…
Bond Buyers Purge Government Debt for Corporate Debt
As the bull market continues its forward momentum, the appetite for risk is following close behind as bond buyers are purging government…
Benchmark 10-Year Treasury Yield Surpasses 3%
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield surpassed the 3% mark for the first time since early last month as data regarding consumer…
An ETF Strategy to Generate Yields, Remove Rate Risk
Fixed-income investors are worried that their bond funds may take a hit in a rising interest rate environment. However, one can turn…
Municipals Offer Safe Yields
For many investors, the new tax law makes investing in municipal bonds “more sensible than ever,” according to a recent article in…
Inflation: the Economic Indicator Many Ignore
By Kevin Flanagan, Senior Fixed Income Specialist Over the last week to 10 days, investors have been presented with a whole host…
Finding Income & Yield Outside the U.S.
Experienced dividend investors know the utility of adding some international holdings to their income portfolios, whether by way of individual stocks or…