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BOND's 10% Annual Return Without Any Increased Risk: Will The Good Times Last?
Martin Vlcek • Thu, May 23 • 15 Comments
4 Ideas For Today's Low-Inflation Environment
Russ Koesterich • Wed, May 22 • 1 Comment
Fed Tapering Comments Expose Stock Market Rally Weakness
Daniel R Moore • Wed, May 22 • 6 Comments
DC Plan Sponsors Should Look Further Than Their Own Backyard
AllianceBernstein • Tue, May 21
The Freakish Low-Beta Portfolio
Cranky • Thu, May 16 • 43 Comments
Extreme Outcomes: Sound Portfolio Advice For The Long-Haul
Morningstar • Thu, May 16 • 10 Comments
What To Do With U.S. Treasuries
BubbleBustInvesting • Thu, May 9 • 7 Comments
Dividend Growth Investors - Prepare For The Correction
Cranky • Thu, May 9 • 197 Comments
What To Sell, What To Buy, And What To Stay Away From This May
BubbleBustInvesting • Sun, May 5 • 15 Comments
Major Asset Class April 2013 Performance Review
James Picerno • Fri, May 3 • 2 Comments
Is Fed Policy Responsible For The Rally?
CFA Institute Contributors • Wed, May 1 • 1 Comment
2 More Popular Fixed Income ETFs I Would Never Own
Michael Fabian • Tue, Apr 30 • 4 Comments
Buy Equities: The Great Rotation Supported By Lipper Flows Data
Prasad Capital Management • Sun, Apr 28 • 4 Comments
Bond Bubble Hasn't Burst
Ron Rowland • Thu, Apr 25 • 4 Comments
How And Why Zero Interest Rates Ended Last Time
Daniel R Moore • Tue, Apr 23 • 10 Comments
Why I Love ETFs, And You Should Too
David Fabian • Tue, Apr 23 • 5 Comments
PIMCO Closed End Fund Choices - Now And Then
Dirk Quayle • Tue, Apr 23 • 9 Comments
Are Municipal Bonds Currently A Good Investment?
Learn Bonds • Mon, Apr 22 • 3 Comments
Stronger U.S. Dollar Attracting Investment Flows To U.S. Assets
David I. Templeton • Wed, Apr 17
My Analysis Of The CNBC.com ETF Portfolio
Brad Kenagy • Fri, Apr 12 • 16 Comments

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2 Popular Fixed Income ETFs I Would Never Own
Michael Fabian • Thu, Apr 11 • 27 Comments
Don't Let Rising Rates Rattle Your Portfolio In 2013
Alan Brochstein • Fri, Dec 21, 2012 • 33 Comments
Bond Markets In Review: Q3 2012
Ploutos • Wed, Oct 3, 2012 • 1 Comment
Bond Markets In Review: Q2 2012
Ploutos • Tue, Jul 3, 2012
Bond ETF Idea: Deconstructing The 'Agg'
Matt Tucker • Fri, Jun 8, 2012
ETF Spotlight: iShares Aggregate Bond Fund
Tom Lydon • Wed, Apr 18, 2012
Fixed Income ETFs And Managing Tax Challenges (Video)
Matt Tucker • Fri, Apr 6, 2012
Happy Birthday iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund
David Ott • Fri, Sep 23, 2011 • 1 Comment
Managing a Broad-Based Bond ETF With iShares' Matt Tucker [Video]
Matt Tucker • Wed, Aug 17, 2011
Enhancing Fixed Income Returns
David Merkel • Mon, May 16, 2011 • 11 Comments
Should You Be Selling Government Bonds? (PIMCO Is)
David Moenning • Fri, Jan 14, 2011 • 6 Comments
Treasury Yields Beginning to Contract?
Doug Short • Fri, Jan 14, 2011 • 2 Comments
Treasury Yield Snapshot
Doug Short • Wed, Jan 5, 2011 • 1 Comment
Treasury Yield Snapshot
Doug Short • Mon, Dec 27, 2010 • 3 Comments
Long-Term Treasury Yields in 2011
John M. Mason • Tue, Dec 21, 2010 • 17 Comments
Taking the Pulse of Uncertainty
Calafia Beach Pundit • Tue, Dec 21, 2010 • 6 Comments
What's the Deal With Higher Rates?
James Picerno • Wed, Dec 15, 2010 • 2 Comments
The Fed's QE2 Intervention: Yields Continue to Explode Higher
Doug Short • Wed, Dec 15, 2010 • 3 Comments
Performance-Chasing Bond Fund Money Starting to Flee
Lawrence Weinman • Mon, Dec 13, 2010
Treasury Yields and the Fed's QE2 Intervention
Doug Short • Mon, Nov 22, 2010 • 2 Comments

BOND's 10% Annual Return Without Any Increased Risk: Will The Good Times Last?
Martin Vlcek • Thu, May 23 • 15 Comments
4 Ideas For Today's Low-Inflation Environment
Russ Koesterich • Wed, May 22 • 1 Comment
Fed Tapering Comments Expose Stock Market Rally Weakness
Daniel R Moore • Wed, May 22 • 6 Comments
DC Plan Sponsors Should Look Further Than Their Own Backyard
AllianceBernstein • Tue, May 21
The Freakish Low-Beta Portfolio
Cranky • Thu, May 16 • 43 Comments
Extreme Outcomes: Sound Portfolio Advice For The Long-Haul
Morningstar • Thu, May 16 • 10 Comments
What To Do With U.S. Treasuries
BubbleBustInvesting • Thu, May 9 • 7 Comments
Dividend Growth Investors - Prepare For The Correction
Cranky • Thu, May 9 • 197 Comments
What To Sell, What To Buy, And What To Stay Away From This May
BubbleBustInvesting • Sun, May 5 • 15 Comments
Major Asset Class April 2013 Performance Review
James Picerno • Fri, May 3 • 2 Comments
Is Fed Policy Responsible For The Rally?
CFA Institute Contributors • Wed, May 1 • 1 Comment
2 More Popular Fixed Income ETFs I Would Never Own
Michael Fabian • Tue, Apr 30 • 4 Comments
Buy Equities: The Great Rotation Supported By Lipper Flows Data
Prasad Capital Management • Sun, Apr 28 • 4 Comments
Bond Bubble Hasn't Burst
Ron Rowland • Thu, Apr 25 • 4 Comments
How And Why Zero Interest Rates Ended Last Time
Daniel R Moore • Tue, Apr 23 • 10 Comments
Why I Love ETFs, And You Should Too
David Fabian • Tue, Apr 23 • 5 Comments
PIMCO Closed End Fund Choices - Now And Then
Dirk Quayle • Tue, Apr 23 • 9 Comments
Are Municipal Bonds Currently A Good Investment?
Learn Bonds • Mon, Apr 22 • 3 Comments
Stronger U.S. Dollar Attracting Investment Flows To U.S. Assets
David I. Templeton • Wed, Apr 17
My Analysis Of The CNBC.com ETF Portfolio
Brad Kenagy • Fri, Apr 12 • 16 Comments

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J.J. Zhang's Winner Take All: Why being defensive has played well in this rally

at MarketWatch.com (Apr 16, 2013)
J.J. Zhang's Winner Take All: Here’s where you can go to beat U.S. dividends

at MarketWatch.com (Feb 8, 2013)
Market Extra: How the election outcome may affect bonds

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 16, 2012)
Best bond bets if Romney or Obama wins

at MarketWatch.com (Oct 12, 2012)
Jim Lowell: The pair trade as defensive front

at MarketWatch.com (Sep 4, 2012)
Jim Lowell: August’s back-to-school winners

at MarketWatch.com (Aug 1, 2012)
Jim Lowell: Emerging markets may be July’s best play

at MarketWatch.com (Jul 2, 2012)
Stocks, dollar gain; ISM trumps G-7

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 5, 2012)
Dow falls for fourth day, oil edges higher

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 4, 2012)
Stocks, oil tank; Treasurys, gold win big after payrolls

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 1, 2012)
Messy May for stocks, oil; Treasurys end on a high note

at MarketWatch.com (May 31, 2012)
Bond yields, euro hit new lows; stocks, oil drop

at MarketWatch.com (May 30, 2012)
Spain's downgrade hits euro, commodities; stocks gain

at MarketWatch.com (May 29, 2012)
Stocks, bonds, commodities cut into week's moves

at MarketWatch.com (May 25, 2012)
Commodities, bonds reverse; stocks grope for direction

at MarketWatch.com (May 24, 2012)
Dollar, Treasurys gain on Europe uncertainty; stocks rebound

at MarketWatch.com (May 23, 2012)
Bond Market Bulls Forever Hopeful

at CNBC.com (May 23, 2012)
Stocks lose steam at close; gold, oil end lower

at MarketWatch.com (May 22, 2012)
U.S. stocks, oil break losing streak; bonds extend rally

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Record-low yields, long dollar rally weigh on stocks, oil

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Thursday, May 9, 9:52 AM "Berkshire issuing debt is effectively an efficient way to short the bond market (AGG, BND)," says fund manager (and BRK.A, BRK.B owner) Richard Cook, following Berkshire Hathaway Finance's $1B debt offering yesterday (5-year and 30-year paper). Proceeds will be used to redeem $1B of notes maturing this month. "I feel sorry for people that have clung to fixed-dollar investments," said Buffett earlier this week. 2 Comments [Financials]
Monday, May 6, 7:47 AM More Buffett/CNBC: "Bonds (AGG, BND, TLT) are priced artificially," he says, and investors in long-term paper stand to lose a terrific amount of money. It echos weekend comments where he told Omaha concert-goers, "I feel sorry for people that have clung to fixed-dollar investments." 15 Comments
Friday, May 3, 3:13 PM "Bonds are acting like the bond market is manipulated ... because it is," says Jeff Gundlach, as QE is far more of a put on Treasury prices (TLT -2.3%) than it is on stocks. A salve to bond bulls on a day when the yield on the 30-year is 14 bps higher, Gundlach says yields won't go on a sustained rise anytime soon because QE is going nowhere. A favorite of the bond bears, TBT +4.6%. 7 Comments
Friday, May 3, 12:54 PM Stocks remain sharply higher midday (SPY +1.2%), with the year's leaders - healthcare (XLV +0.7%), utilities (XLU +0.2%), and staples (XLP +0.7%) - lagging, and the year's laggers - industrials (XLI +2.1%), tech (XLK +1.1%), and energy (XLE +1.9%) - leading. Treasurys (TLT -2.1%) are suffering one of their worst days of the year, and broader fixed income (AGG -0.3%). 1 Comment
Thursday, May 2, 7:35 AM The number of bond funds owning stocks rose to 352 in Q1, according to Morningstar, up from 312 in Q4 and the highest level in nearly 2 decades. "We believe that traditional fixed income (AGG, BND) is at a historic level of being overvalued," says Forward Management, explaining to investors why it's moved from about zero of their funds in stocks to about 50% over the last year. 5 Comments
Wednesday, May 1, 2:53 PM iShares Core Total U.S. Bond Market ETF (AGG) announces monthly distribution of $0.2015. 30-day SEC yield of 1.77% (as of 4/30/2013). For shareholders of record May 03. Payable May 07. Ex-div date May 01. Comment! [Dividends]
Tuesday, April 16, 9:25 AM There's not too many surprises in ETF action yesterday, with areas like the bond market (AGG), real estate (IYR), low volatility (SPLV), and pharmaceuticals (IHE) seeing big inflows, and small caps (IWM), energy (XLE), energy exploration (XOP), and materials (XLB) seeing a wave of cash exit. Comment!
Friday, April 12, 12:46 PM More from Gundlach: Bond indexing has been a wonderful strategy for many years, but now the well-followed indexes (BND, AGG) have too short of a duration and are overloaded with Treasurys. The value is in non-traditional sectors like emerging markets (EMB), non-agency MBS, bank loans (BKLN), and global high yield (GHYG). 4 Comments [U.S. Economy, Financials]
Friday, April 12, 12:28 PM Fixed-income may not be being given away as it was in 2010, but there's still value, says Jeff Gundlach, scoffing at talk of a bond bubble. "Raise your hand" if you own Treasurys for yourself or a client, he asked a room full of advisors (none went up). Bonds are not "over-owned" in the U.S., he says, showing cash and fixed income make up a higher percentage of household financial assets in other countries. 5 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Monday, April 8, 3:58 PM More from BlackRock's Rick Rieder (previous): He got caught wrong-footed on the yen, cutting his short bets just ahead of Thursday's BOJ announcement which sent the currency plunging. Nevertheless, he calls the BOJ program a big deal not just for Japan but as a prop to bond markets worldwide. With the Fed and BOJ buying up all in sight, fixed-income managers will be forced to widen their selection criteria. Comment! [Global & FX]
Thursday, April 4, 9:12 AM Big news for the ETF industry, Pimco's Total Return ETF (BOND) received more inflows in March than the mutual fund from which it was spawned ($263M vs. $32M) - this despite the ETF having just $4.3B in AUM vs. nearly $300B for the mutual fund. Since inception a year ago, BOND has easily outperformed both the Total Return mutual fund and its fixed-income benchmarks (AGG, BND). Comment! [Financials]
Tuesday, April 2, 12:54 PM Active management - typically a loser with stocks - worked well in fixed income in 2012, according to SPIVA which shows 70% of active managers in intermediate government bond funds beat their bogey (AGG, BNG), with the average return more than double the benchmark. Comment!
Monday, April 1, 4:53 PM iShares Core Total U.S. Bond Market ETF (AGG) announces monthly distribution of $0.260. 30-day SEC yield of 1.70% (as of 3/28/2013). For shareholders of record Apr. 03. Payable Apr. 05. Ex-div date Apr. 01. Comment! [Dividends]
Monday, April 1, 1:22 PM Princeton University's $17B endowment has moved entirely out of fixed income, instead building a 5.9% cash position due to a combination of "exceptionally low" Treasury yields, increased price risk, and decreased "insurance functionality." The fund had a tough last year, but has outperformed benchmarks handily over the last decade. Comment!
Monday, March 18, 4:57 AM Ron Rowland offers additional highlights on the recently expanded lineup of commission-free ETFs over at Fidelity including the following caveat: Funds not held for 30 days by retail investors or 60 days by RIAs using Fidelity as a custodian will be subject to a $7.95 per-trade commission. Some RIAs have complained that the longer holding period directed at them is unfair. Rowland spells out the full list of affected ETFs here. Comment!
Friday, March 15, 10:53 AM Elevated bank capital requirements mean banks are holding much lower inventories of bonds than before the financial crisis compared with mutual fund bond holdings. That’s OK while investors keep pouring money into bonds, but WSJ's Richard Barley warns if sentiment turns because investors lose confidence in central bank and government policies, "then the situation could be ugly." (also) Comment! [Financials]

The Financial Lexicon
7 Ways to Improve Transparency and Accountability in the Bond Market: http://bit.ly/12xxQfy $AGG, $LQD, $HYG, $PHB, $JNK
May 14, 11:18 AM
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$HYG, $LQD, $AGG, $JNK, Corporate bond market shenanigans you should know about. http://bit.ly/13yBoQ1
May 8, 10:42 AM
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The Chestnut
$AGG, $SPY and the rebalancing conundrum: http://nyti.ms/187Sc0k
Apr 27, 9:34 PM
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The Financial Lexicon
$AGG, $LQD, $TLT, $IEF Are bond investors chasing past performance? Here's my take: http://bit.ly/Z0dI7y
Apr 18, 10:26 AM
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The Financial Lexicon
$AGG, $HYG, $LQD, $TLT, $IEF, Q1 Bond Market Review - The 'Great Rotation' That Never Was. My article: http://bit.ly/17b8iZw
Apr 2, 11:48 AM
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DeepValueLover
Stocks AND bonds at or near all-time highs? History shows that this WON'T end well! $SPY $AAPL $FB $BOND $HYG $IWM $AGG $BAC $NOK $RIMM
Apr 2, 9:54 AM
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Systembolaget: DVL, history only shows history, remember?
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mitrado: True! Otherwise this would be an amazing day to buy $AAPL, $HPQ and $NOK. As it is, better to wait for a possible market correction / crash.
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Saibus Research
Is Xerox a Value, or a Value Trap: http://seekingalpha.com/a/mogt $XRX $ACN $AGG $DELL $HPQ
12/11/12
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Saibus Research
Our Evaluation Of Verizon's Ability To Pay Its Dividend http://seekingalpha.com/a/ikyt $VZ $AGG $T $VOD
9/14/12
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Saibus Research
BlackRock's iShares Fee Cut http://seekingalpha.com/a/igl1 $BLK $AGG $BCS $BND $EEM $IVV $VOO $VWO
9/12/12
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Investment Ideas of the Week 7-23-12 http://bit.ly/MDQcIg $CTAS $WFM $C $C $JPM $NOK $AGNC $MTGE $CYS $S $JNK $AGG $TIP $MUB
7/23/12
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DeepValueLover
Stocks AND bonds at or near all-time highs? History shows that this WON'T end well! $SPY $AAPL $FB $BOND $HYG $IWM $AGG $BAC $NOK $RIMM
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Systembolaget: DVL, history only shows history, remember?
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mitrado: True! Otherwise this would be an amazing day to buy $AAPL, $HPQ and $NOK. As it is, better to wait for a possible market correction / crash.
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Michael A. Gayed
ATAC Model Backtested Performance Pension Partners uses for managing accounts with AGG EEM IVV IWM http://bit.ly/rv2qt5
10/25/11
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cowpieTX: I invested all of my money yesterday on your fall melt-up call when SPY was 125.70, what should I do now?
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Michael A. Gayed: Up to you :)
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