Following the Federal Reserve's first interest rate hike in over three years (raising rates to 3.75-4.00% in September 2026), short-term bond ETFs are positioned as attractive investment vehicles. These funds benefit from low duration risk and rapid portfolio turnover that allows yields to adjust upward as maturing...
Amid geopolitical tensions affecting oil prices and market volatility, investors seeking stability can consider low-volatility ETFs. The article highlights three options: LVHI (Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF) offering 12% YTD returns with 4.1% dividend yield; JEPI (JPMorgan Equity Premium...
While WTI crude rallied to $99, technical analyst John Roque warns that the 2-Year Treasury yield at 3.92% is significantly underpriced relative to historical levels. He targets a 5% yield, which would be roughly 100 basis points higher and would effectively kill expectations of Fed rate cuts in 2026. A longer-term...
AdvisorNet Financial sold approximately 47,100 shares of the iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) in Q3, reducing its position by $3.9 million while maintaining SHY as 0.8% of its reportable assets.
Trump's attacks on Fed Chair Powell have led to concerns about the politicization of the Federal Reserve, causing a rare simultaneous selloff in stocks, Treasuries, and the dollar. However, ETF flows suggest no broad investor flight from the Treasury market, with a tilt towards shorter maturities likely reflecting a...
The United States experienced a mild deflation in May, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Click to read.
The May personal income and spending report has offered some encouragement that inflation pressures are easing once again. Click to read more.
The 10-year Treasury yield fluctuated between a high of 4.705% and a low of 4.222% over the course of the quarter. Click to read.
Despite a slow start to the year for bonds, fixed income still provides much more yield today than it has in years and will likely get a long-awaited boost when rate cuts eventually come.
Europe seems extremely likely to cut rates in June, in my view, as progress on inflation has been significant.
Michael Kramer discusses market divergences, interest rates, inflation and a bleak 2024 earnings picture.
Following a run of stronger-than-expected inflation prints, S&P Global Market Intelligence analysts now expect an initial rate cut by the Federal Reserve at December's meeting.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) nonfarm payrolls has averaged monthly gains of over 233k over the past year.
“Higher for Longer” should read “Normal for Longer”. The post-Covid, post-globalization era ushers in a world of permanently higher inflation.
In June 2022, the Federal Reserve began its program of quantitative tightening (QT) as a complementary policy to conventional interest rate hikes.
The Fed seems determined to keep kicking the rate cut can down the road.
While oversimplifying any formula in the financial markets tends to backfire more often than not, good inflation numbers tend to deliver new highs for the S&P 500.
Hotter-than-expected inflation has put the Fed on a higher for longer policy path. Click here to read more about the April CPI report.
US inflation came in at 0.4% MoM for the third consecutive month, more than double the rate we need to consistently hit to bring inflation down to 2% YoY.
A bond trader has just placed a record-breaking single bet by going long on December 2024 short-term interest rate futures. This strategy will pay off if the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates at least three times by the end of the year, a scenario that is not yet fully priced into the market following recent robust...
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