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Bond Expert: Tuesday Outlook [view article]
Good review. The markets are about adjust again, this time to lower yields, but soon that changes and we will lose money in bonds and stocks. That should be a bottom for a while until the fall plunge. ReplyBond Expert: Monday Wrap [view article]
Beyond the sanctuary aspect, the dollar is doing better than expected vs. the Euro because Trichet is humming a happy tune while he drives Europe over the cliff.Reply
Bond Expert: Monday Wrap [view article]
Dear ex-fellow Treasury shorts: I was on the other side of your covering trades today! Thanks so much for giving me a price I never thought I'd see again at which to extend my position even further. See you at 10%! Love and kisses, bearfund. ReplyBond Expert: Monday Wrap [view article]
John, I confess that I have little understanding of what makes the bond markets tick. It would have seemed to me that with all the inflation, interest rates should have been rising like smoke in a forest fire.I appreciate your insights here, and on your website. Good stuff! Reply
Treasury Market: Confounding the Nonbelievers [view article]
The new bills issue was a surprise, but not unexpected. The offers of the GSE are what keeps everyone on edge. Who wants their equity when it is known holders will be stiffed if a shut down is needed to avoid government owership outright. This is classical government finance with Congress running loan policy and the agency hacks running the finances to pay the bills. It can not end well no matter what policy is selected. Credibility is the life blood of investment, and when its gone, its over. ReplyGeneral Discussion on SHY
In order to diversify a stock portfolio should I buy a bond index fund as the Vanguard Total Bond Index or utilize bond ETF's/ ReplyBond Expert: Friday Wrap [view article]
Simple status:buy (almost all kind of) bonds.
But don´t touch: US-$ bonds.
theoptimizedportfolio.... Reply
Bond Expert: Friday Wrap [view article]
You've left out economic fundamentals:How can the United States Government continue to borrow money at confiscatory rates?
While the dollar continues to drop and inflation accelerates, interest rates should rise dramatically, on their own.
The free market system can't be held in check forever by Government fiat.
To add insult to injury the Free Market (sic?) US is putting pressure on the Totalitarian Chinese Communists (sic?) to raise the value of the Renminbi against the dollar.
It's no secret that the Communists are artificially holding down US interest rates below market values by buying US paper money at very low (below market) interest rates.
What rational investor would buy Treasury Bills at less than 3% yearly interest when prices are going up 7% a year or more (and, in the case of our major creditors, the Chinese, your own currency is being pressured by the US Government to increase in value against the dollar)?
Economic fundamentals are telling the US that interest rates must rise dramatically to protect the dollar and keep inflation in check.
In the long run, neither the Fed nor the Communists can repeal the laws of economics.
Investment strategies should be based on economic laws and not the futile efforts of governments.
Your advice amounts to telling people to run back and forth on the deck of a ship that is careening out of control in a violent storm:
You might make money in the short run by rushing from one side to the other (and you might not) but in the end you will sink with the ship. Reply
Bond Expert: Friday Wrap [view article]
important info, thanks! ReplyBond Expert: Friday Wrap [view article]
important info, thanks! ReplyQuestioning The Value of Bond ETFs [view article]
Nathan,you sound like a real winner, so I guess Ill listen to you and not John, should I buy morningstar or a bond fund?
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The Fed Won't Tighten - So SHY's a Buy [view article]
Wrong. I love these guys who talk their book. Unemployment at 5.5% is scary?? Rates this low are ridiculous and the massive liquidity only spurs bubbles. So we should leave rates alone so this clown won't loose money on his bond portfolio? LOL. ReplyBond Expert: Wednesday Outlook [view article]
This write up is hardly worth the effort. The pressure on bonds comes from the ECB and the Fed. Neither knows what they want and both are muddling through waiting for something they can make policy on. We know the EU will want higher rates, but we know politically it is not feasible. We know the Fed is about the same. What moves events? the unknown of credit quality in bank assets. We are waiting for Godot to come with his answer. This will not end well. ReplyThe Fed Won't Tighten - So SHY's a Buy [view article]
great info, nice analysis with it too - helps trying to get a handle on all the bond stuff - thanks! ReplyThe Fed Won't Tighten - So SHY's a Buy [view article]
I have a target for SHY at 81.8$ ! (3 months max) Reply