Quote & Headlines
Market Currents
StockTalk
Today
5d
1m
3m
1y
5y
10y
52wk high:
52wk low:
EPS:
PE:
Div Rate:
Yield:
Market Cap:
Volume:
35 people get FLAT articles and Market Currents by email alert.
Get email alerts on FLAT »
HEADLINES:
ALL
|
PRO
|
FOCUS
|
RELATED
|
TRANSCRIPTS
|
NEWS & PR
-
Bond Market Review For June 2012Pat Stout • Tue, Jul 3, 2012
-
Yield Curve Review For The Week Ending June 22, 2012Pat Stout • Mon, Jun 25, 2012
-
Yield Curve Review For May 2012Pat Stout • Tue, Jun 5, 2012
-
Yield Curve Review: Week Ending June 1stPat Stout • Mon, Jun 4, 2012
-
Yield Curve: Review And Ways To ProfitPat Stout • Mon, May 21, 2012
-
ETF Spotlight: Treasury FlattenerTom Lydon • Sun, Nov 6, 2011
-
Inflation, Inflation Everywhere: Newer ETFs Offer Targeted HedgeMorningstar • Tue, Sep 27, 2011
To learn more about Seeking Alpha Pro, click here.
-
ETF Spotlight: Treasury FlattenerTom Lydon • Sun, Nov 6, 2011
-
Bond Market Review For June 2012Pat Stout • Tue, Jul 3, 2012
-
Yield Curve Review For The Week Ending June 22, 2012Pat Stout • Mon, Jun 25, 2012
-
Yield Curve Review For May 2012Pat Stout • Tue, Jun 5, 2012
-
Yield Curve Review: Week Ending June 1stPat Stout • Mon, Jun 4, 2012
-
Yield Curve: Review And Ways To ProfitPat Stout • Mon, May 21, 2012
-
Inflation, Inflation Everywhere: Newer ETFs Offer Targeted HedgeMorningstar • Tue, Sep 27, 2011
There are no Transcripts on FLAT.
-
at MarketWatch.com (May 24, 2012)
-
at MarketWatch.com (May 18, 2012)
-
at MarketWatch.com (May 4, 2012)
-
at CNBC.com (Mar 28, 2012)
-
at CNBC.com (Jul 12, 2011)
FLAT vs. ETF Alternatives
FLAT Description
"The iPath® US Treasury Flattener Exchange Traded Note is linked inversely to the performance of the Barclays Capital US Treasury 2Y/10Y Yield Curve Index™. The index employs a strategy that seeks to capture returns that are potentially available from a ""steepening"" or ""flattening"", as applicable, of the U.S. Treasury yield curve through a notional rolling investment in U.S. Treasury note futures contracts. The level of the index is designed to increase in response to a ""steepening"" of the yield curve and to decrease in response to a ""flattening"" of the yield curve. To accomplish this objective, the performance of the index tracks the returns of a notional investment in a weighted ""long"" position in relation to 2-year Treasury futures contracts and a weighted ""short"" position in relation to 10-year Treasury futures contracts, as traded on the Chicago Board of Trade.
The iPath® US Treasury Flattener ETN employs an index multiplier that provides the investor at maturity or upon redemption a participation rate of $0.10 gain or loss per each 1.00 point decrease or increase, respectively, in the level of the index. For purposes of calculating the closing indicative note value on a given day, the index multiplier is multiplied by the daily index performance, which is added to the daily interest that accrued from a notional investment of the value of the ETN at the 28-day U.S. Treasury Bill rate, from which all applicable costs and fees are deducted. "
See more details on sponsor's website
See more details on sponsor's website
Country: United States
Key Info
- In Your Portfolio: A Guide to U.S. Government Bond ETFs, A Guide to Strategy ETFs
- Asset Class Performance: Bonds, Strategies
- All
- | Earnings
- | Dividends
- | M&A
- | On the move
- Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 10:32 AM Buy Italian 3-year notes and sell U.S. 30-year Treasurys, suggests Bill Gross. With both yielding about 2.85%, it's about credit risk vs. duration risk. "Classic face-off. ECB vs. Fed. Winner? Italy." Comment! [U.S. Economy, Global & FX]
- Thursday, August 9, 2012, 11:15 AM The yield curve continues to steepen, the 10-year Treasury up another 3 bps to 1.72% (the highest in 2 months). A steeper curve is consistent with a growing economy, writes Vince Cignarella, but does it mean the Fed - hard at work trying to suppress long yields through The Twist - is becoming irrelevant? 3 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Thursday, May 17, 2012, 2:56 PM The move into Treasurys has left the yield curve at its flattest level since the end of 2008, with 30-year - off 8 bps to 2.82% - yielding only 273 bps more than the 90-day T-bill. At 1.71%, the 10-year is approaching its lowest yield ever. As in 2011 among the world's most hated asset classes, Treasurys in 2012 are close to overtaking stocks yet again. 3 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Tuesday, May 15, 2012, 11:02 AM "Treasurys are still cheap," says BMO's Scott Graham, but suggests we're near the point where central banks may begin to take action to stem jitters in financial markets. Such a move could send yields higher at the long end, but leave the short end untouched. He's buying 2-year paper and selling 10's - the steepener trade (STPP), which has had a rough 2012. Comment! [U.S. Economy]
- Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 12:48 PM Treasurys are mostly unmoved by major rallies here and across the pond, the 10-year just getting its nose above 2% again, and the long bond +2 bps to 3.15%. Fed Funds futures - a couple of weeks ago pricing in rate hikes in 2013 - are now seeing no action until mid-2014. 2 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Friday, March 9, 2012, 8:47 AM Treasury prices head south following the solid NFP report, Thirty-year bond futures diving more than half a point. Moving in the other direction is the yield, +4 basis points to 3.22%. On the short end, September 2014 Eurodollar futures budge 3.5 basis points lower, pricing in a slightly greater chance of future Fed rate hikes. 1 Comment [U.S. Economy, On the Move]
- Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 5:07 PM We are no longer in a crisis, so we should step away from crisis thinking, Philadelphia Fed chief Plosser tells CNBC, going on to say a rate hike could be coming in 2012. The similarities between 2011 and 2012 continue to grow. It was about this time last year Fed hawks were floating 2011 hikes ... just as the economy was set to roll over. 4 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 3:03 PM Will ultra-low rates extend beyond mid-2013? A quick check on trading on Fed Funds futures contracts reveals that traders aren't pricing in much of an increase for interest rates even after the Fed's rate-lock expires. Implied yields for the Fed Funds rate: July 2013 0.18%, December 2013 0.30%, July 2014 0.65%. Comment! [U.S. Economy]
- Friday, October 14, 2011, 9:48 AM Long term Treasury yields are pushing higher again as money continues to flow into equities and the economy might not be falling off a cliff. The 30 year bond is 10 bps higher to 3.25%, roughly 45 bps above its level when the Fed said it was going to lower long rates through The Twist. Treasury flattener ETN FLAT is off nearly 10% since the Fed meeting. 2 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 4:41 PM The Treasury curve definitely shows a twist at the end of the day, with short rates up a few basis points, while yields at the long end plummet. The 30 year falls 19 basis points to 3.01%. Of interest is the Fed's decision to have 29% of its purchases in the 20/30 year maturities, a higher ratio than expected. Comment! [U.S. Economy]
- Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 1:37 PM "Taxpayers are smart and know that any fiscal bone thrown at them today will most likely be snatched back in the future," say analysts from RBS, explaining the shortcomings of fiscal stimulus. "Operation Twist?" Sure the Fed can do it, but don't look for the economy to benefit. Instead, get on board and buy long-dated Treasurys. 2 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 7:57 AM One of the oft-discussed options the Fed has at its disposal is to shift Treasury maturities further out, but economists say the move has risks. A flatter yield curve could: (1) hurt banks; (2) kick up inflation; (3) increase the odds the Fed loses money on its holdings. They see Bernanke holding off on hinting about a portfolio rejiggering in his speech Friday. Comment! [U.S. Economy]
- Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 9:59 AM Fed funds futures all but dismiss any chance of significant rate hikes in the next two years. The Aug 2013 contract trades with an implied yield of 0.51% - just above the Aug 2011 contract at 0.09%, suggesting inflation worries are far from traders' minds. Comment! [U.S. Economy]
- Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 8:08 AM The FOMC is due to wrap up a two-day meeting today, when it is likely to keep rates at 0-0.25% and confirm it will end its $600B bond buying scheme at the end of June. The key words in its statement will be 'extended period,' signalling the Fed has no plans to raise rates any time soon. Comment! [U.S. Economy]
- Friday, May 6, 2011, 1:48 PM You can have Bill Gross' short position in Treasurys when another recession pries it out of his hands. After weeks of the bonds' gains, Gross tells Reuters that yields are low, but "perhaps the only justification for a further rally would be weak economic growth or a future recession" that dents inflation. The 30-year yield up slightly, +0.02 to 4.28%, but otherwise still falling: 10-year -0.01 to 3.14%; five-year -0.03 to 1.85%. 5 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Thursday, May 5, 2011, 3:35 PM Ten-year Treasurys take out their low yield for the year, now sitting at 3.17%. Amid S&P downgrades, famous short sellers, and chatter about a default if the debt ceiling isn't raised, money finds its way into U.S. government securities when trouble arises. TLT +1.0%, TBF -1.1%. 3 Comments [U.S. Economy, On the Move]
Instablogs are blogs which are instantly set up and networked within the Seeking Alpha community. Instablog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors, in contrast to contributors' articles.


