

HYG breaks below triangle support as rising volume and bearish momentum raise downside risks, with $77.79 emerging as a potential measuring objective.

Wall Street is eyeing the bond market's long summer slump as oil price soar and debt levels escalate.

U.S. and U.K. 10-year government-bond yields rose to two-month highs while the equivalent German yield hit its highest level since 2011 as escalating clashes in the Middle East lifted Brent crude close to $100 a barrel.

Investors are returning to the bond market in force, driving fixed-income ETFs toward another record year as higher yields make bonds attractive for income-seeking investors once again.

One of the largest IPOs in history closed in June, drawing more than $300 billion in orders for $75 billion of shares sold, an oversubscription of roughly 4x.

For retirees hunting for income, a bond ETF yielding over 5% sounds like exactly what a conservative portfolio needs.

Major benchmarks might be hovering near record highs, but narrowing breadth and renewed rate fears have capped investor conviction. Polling from VettaFi's latest Midyear Market Outlook Symposium reflects a stark split among the bulls, the bears, and advisors preferring to wait out the macro crosscurrents before deploying fresh capital.

Bond ETF inflows are running 60% ahead of last year's level, which was itself a record pace, a rise that a BlackRock executive described as "shocking" to CNBC. Elevated stock market volatility, a new Fed chair, and ongoing inflation fears are all part of the picture as investors in the market hunt for maximum "real yield.
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