Tag: bond market analysis

How do stocks react when the Fed begins to tighten rates?  How do they react when markets begin to anticipate the inception of a...

Sell in May has come and gone, and the S&P 500 (SPX) continues to trend along the top of its primary bull market channel. Interestingly,...

The technical picture for interest rates has continued to resolve lower this year despite the best guesses of leading economists. The CBOE 10 Year Treasury...

Over the years I have seen investors make a number of mistakes with their income portfolios. Typically these range from having too much cash...

Vague whispers of monetary tightening notwithstanding, yesterday gave a staggering reminder that the developed world remains awash in cheap money with Numericable SA's announcement...

There has been a steady buzz about higher interest rates coming from the media and many institutional investors.  But are higher interest rates coming...

With everyone offering up lists of 14 for 2014, I decided to follow a less ambitious but still mathematically justified route (2+0+1+4) with a...

The jittery bond market has been on edge for the last seven months as rising interest rates have put a lid on nearly every...

US Treasuries don't seem to be backing down on the timeline for reducing QE. Sovereign yields are flying today on the (p)resumptive taper trade...

Lumber prices in the beginning of the year surged to a new all-time high of $411.50. In mid-March, Lumber prices began to plunge and...