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Stocks and bonds had an historically bad September. The good news is that there are alternatives if you want to reduce portfolio risk.
Farther Finance Advisors LLC reduced its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ: TLT) by 51.3% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 157,182 shares of the exchange traded fund's stock after
The global competition for capital remains the key dynamic keeping yields elevated. Notably, all of the September increase in 10-year Treasury yields came from real yields, as implied by the TIPS market.
A record-breaking Treasury auction just flipped the usual script on who actually wants to own U.S. debt, and the answer points to something unusual happening at the long end of the yield curve.
The Fed voted unanimously to raise rates in September, but the bigger question is what a surprise jobs report and an AI spending surge mean for the next meeting and for anyone holding SPY or TLT right now.
US Treasuries resumed their retreat, lifting the 30-year yield back to its highest since 2002 as climbing oil prices raised concern about faster inflation and more central bank interest-rate increases. Vishal Khanduja, Head of Broad Markets Fixed Income at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, discusses credit spreads and whether or not yields will soon peak.
Fed rate-hike odds swung violently in a single week, but the jobs data behind that swing raises as many questions as it answers, and long-bond investors may be celebrating too soon.
For 15 years, borrowing was close to a free lunch. Companies locked in 3% debt, homeowners secured sub-4% mortgages, and Washington financed deficits at yields that barely registered.