Bonds Analysis & Opinion

Trailing yields have recently increased for most of the major asset classes, based on a set of ETF proxies. The question is whether the relatively high payout rates offset concerns about the...

U.S. Treasury yields declined for the last week of April as traders digested key economic data that may have an impact on the Fed’s policy decision in early May. Wages and salaries for...

Markets are understandably skittish about the health of the financial sector, which allows bonds to act as a safe haven. We would be wary of acting on large market moves ahead of a week heavy in event...

The 10-year Treasury yield was up 5 basis points to 3.57%, hitting four-week highs on growing expectations that the Federal Reserve could keep interest rates higher for longer. The 2-year Treasury...

Though data showed that wholesale inflation was cooling more than expected, Treasury yields ticked higher this week after hawkish comments from Fed Governor Christopher Waller. He advocates for more...

The 10-year Treasury rate continues to trade well above CapitalSpectator.com’s fair-value estimate, but the days of a large premium look numbered. As evidence mounts that inflation continues to...

If you have been reading my public articles on the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) over the last half a year, then you would know of my expectation to see the bond market rally into...

Two hundred and sixty Fed meetings will occur between the issuing and maturing of a United States 30-Year Treasury bond. There will be 260 times when the Fed raises, lowers, or does nothing with Fed...

The Federal Reserve lifted rates by 0.25% amid banking turmoil and signalled at least one more hike this year. Fed Chair Jerome Powell also said rate cuts were currently not in the central bank's...

Turmoil in the bank industry and renewed concerns of economic headwinds are driving expectations that Federal Reserve's interest-rate hiking is at or near an end. In turn, the outlook has sparked a...

Treasury yields plunged again as investors flocked to safe-haven assets after the banking chaos. They are scaling back the likelihood of another rate hike this month from the Federal Reserve. The...

Bank contagion has officially spread to international markets, raising fears that last week’s dramatic failures of U.S. lenders Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank may be just the start...

Treasury yields, which had jumped to their highest level in more than a decade last week, fell sharply Friday, in the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, a major lender to tech startups....

With bond yields (and interest rates) rising sharply, it’s understandable that most of the world is hoping for lower rates.Lower interest rates allow for more flexible lending to both businesses...