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Treasury Yield Snapshot: 10-Year At Its 2013 Low
Doug Short • Fri, Apr 5 • 3 Comments
Strategies For A Rising Rate Environment: Alternative Bond Holdings
Robert Wagner • Mon, Apr 1 • 6 Comments
Inflation And Yields: The Rules Of The Game
John Overstreet • Mon, Mar 25 • 25 Comments
Why Asset Allocations Fail And What You Can Do About It
David Cretcher • Thu, Mar 7 • 6 Comments
Does GDP Drive Market Returns?
David Cretcher • Wed, Mar 6 • 3 Comments
Treasury Yield Snapshot: 10-Year Still Hovering Near 2%
Doug Short • Sun, Feb 24 • 2 Comments
Was January's Rally Bogus?
Jeffrey Dow Jones • Mon, Feb 11 • 15 Comments
The Bond Vigilantes Have Been Taken Out Back And Shot
Paulo Santos • Tue, Feb 5 • 42 Comments
Is It Finally Time To Short U.S. Treasury Bonds?
Maxsoar • Thu, Jan 10 • 16 Comments
Asset Allocation: The Merits Of Gold
Daniel Moser • Wed, Jan 2 • 2 Comments
Geithner Hits Debt Limit Early To Squeeze Republicans
Scott Anderson • Thu, Dec 27, 2012 • 20 Comments
Larry Swedroe Positions For 2013: Resist The Temptation To Stretch For Yield
Larry Swedroe • Tue, Dec 25, 2012 • 148 Comments
The Role Of U.S. Treasuries In Today's Portfolio (Video)
Matt Tucker • Mon, Dec 24, 2012 • 2 Comments
What The Yield? Beware The Temptations Of Emerging Markets Debt
Jon Springer • Tue, Dec 11, 2012 • 51 Comments
Whip Inflation Now
Brad Zigler • Mon, Dec 10, 2012 • 20 Comments
Talking Macro, Fixed Income, And The Strategic Alpha Bond Fund With Loomis Sayles' Matt Eagan
CFA Institute Contributors • Thu, Dec 6, 2012 • 3 Comments
What the Flows Show: Investors Preparing For Fiscal Cliff
Dodd Kittsley • Tue, Dec 4, 2012
Is QE3 Working?
Matt Tucker • Wed, Nov 21, 2012 • 107 Comments
Eliminating The Rating Agencies, Part 2
David Merkel • Fri, Nov 9, 2012 • 1 Comment
Why Bond Yields Should Remain Low And Capped For Now
Bondsquawk • Wed, Oct 10, 2012 • 1 Comment

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Rising U.S. Interest Rates in Q4 Despite QE2: Identifying the Move
John Kosar • Tue, Dec 14, 2010
Individual Bonds vs. Bond ETFs: Two Completely Different Animals
Morningstar • Thu, Feb 11, 2010 • 23 Comments
Treasury Yields Test Key Support
Bespoke Investment Group • Tue, Aug 19, 2008

Treasury Yield Snapshot: 10-Year At Its 2013 Low
Doug Short • Fri, Apr 5 • 3 Comments
Strategies For A Rising Rate Environment: Alternative Bond Holdings
Robert Wagner • Mon, Apr 1 • 6 Comments
Inflation And Yields: The Rules Of The Game
John Overstreet • Mon, Mar 25 • 25 Comments
Why Asset Allocations Fail And What You Can Do About It
David Cretcher • Thu, Mar 7 • 6 Comments
Does GDP Drive Market Returns?
David Cretcher • Wed, Mar 6 • 3 Comments
Treasury Yield Snapshot: 10-Year Still Hovering Near 2%
Doug Short • Sun, Feb 24 • 2 Comments
Was January's Rally Bogus?
Jeffrey Dow Jones • Mon, Feb 11 • 15 Comments
The Bond Vigilantes Have Been Taken Out Back And Shot
Paulo Santos • Tue, Feb 5 • 42 Comments
Is It Finally Time To Short U.S. Treasury Bonds?
Maxsoar • Thu, Jan 10 • 16 Comments
Asset Allocation: The Merits Of Gold
Daniel Moser • Wed, Jan 2 • 2 Comments
Geithner Hits Debt Limit Early To Squeeze Republicans
Scott Anderson • Thu, Dec 27, 2012 • 20 Comments
Larry Swedroe Positions For 2013: Resist The Temptation To Stretch For Yield
Larry Swedroe • Tue, Dec 25, 2012 • 148 Comments
The Role Of U.S. Treasuries In Today's Portfolio (Video)
Matt Tucker • Mon, Dec 24, 2012 • 2 Comments
What The Yield? Beware The Temptations Of Emerging Markets Debt
Jon Springer • Tue, Dec 11, 2012 • 51 Comments
Whip Inflation Now
Brad Zigler • Mon, Dec 10, 2012 • 20 Comments
Talking Macro, Fixed Income, And The Strategic Alpha Bond Fund With Loomis Sayles' Matt Eagan
CFA Institute Contributors • Thu, Dec 6, 2012 • 3 Comments
What the Flows Show: Investors Preparing For Fiscal Cliff
Dodd Kittsley • Tue, Dec 4, 2012
Is QE3 Working?
Matt Tucker • Wed, Nov 21, 2012 • 107 Comments
Eliminating The Rating Agencies, Part 2
David Merkel • Fri, Nov 9, 2012 • 1 Comment
Why Bond Yields Should Remain Low And Capped For Now
Bondsquawk • Wed, Oct 10, 2012 • 1 Comment

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Cracks Starting to Show in Bond Funds

at CNBC.com (Mar 8, 2013)
John Nyaradi's ETF Edge: Will the bear bite us again?

at MarketWatch.com (Jun 14, 2011)

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The iShares Barclays 10-20 Year Treasury Bond Fund seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expense, of the long-term sector of the United States Treasury market as defined by the Barclays Capital U.S. 10-20 Year Treasury Bond Index.
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In Your Portfolio: Broad U.S. Bond ETFs, A Guide to U.S. Government Bond ETFs
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Thursday, May 16, 10:10 AM More on Philly Fed: The big miss is another in a line of weak data points this morning. The decline was led by a steep drop in shipments to -8.5 from +9.1. Also notable is a big jump in inventories to +4.1 from -22.2. Employment worsened to -8.7 from -6.7. The percentage of firms reporting employment decreases was 22% vs. those reporting increases at 14% - a number sure to cross the desk of the FOMC doves this morning. Treasurys have had a tough May, but they're bouncing today, TLT +1.2%. The leveraged bear ETF: TBT -2.4%. Stocks give up early gains (DIA -0.2%). 6 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Thursday, May 16, 8:38 AM SPY -0.3% premarket, giving up small early gains after a big jump in jobless claims and a rather shocking decline in housing starts. Starts were off 16.5% from March, but up 13.1% Y/Y. On a more hopeful note, building permits were up 14.3% from March, up 35.8% Y/Y. Treasurys catch a bid, TLT +0.5% premarket. Homebuilders ETF: XHB -0.2%. Comment!
Monday, May 13, 8:50 AM Stock index futures move to session highs following the big beat on retail sales, SPY -0.1% premarket. Excluding a 4.7% decline in gasoline sales, retail spending grew 0.6% in April. Bond prices continue their recent slide, the 10-year note off half of a point. The yield may challenge 2% today. TLT -0.9% premarket. 4 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Friday, May 10, 10:35 AM Bill Gross (BOND) attempts to ring a bell, calling the 30-year bond bull market over as of April 29, 2013 (while pushing Pimco as the one to help navigate in this new world). The 30-year Treasury yield touched 2.8% at April's end. Including a 9 bp pop today, the yield now stands at 3.08%. TLT -1%, TBT +1.9%. 6 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Thursday, May 9, 1:47 PM Massive doesn't begin to describe the move into the ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury ETF (UST) last Wednesday as the $12M AUM fund went to $833M overnight. It was accompanied by a 53% increase in the $3.75B iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI), suggesting someone (or ones) making a large bet targeting the middle of the Treasury curve. The moves came following FOMC minutes at which it indicated a readiness to increase QE as needed. 6 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Thursday, May 9, 6:23 AM "Today government bonds should come with a warning about interest rate risk," a university fund manager tells FT, which says many university endowments have slashed their U.S. Treasury (TLT, TBT) holdings from as high as 30% of AUM during the crisis to as low as zero currently ("everyone" has less than 5%, one manager claims). Holding fast to larger allocations may require a fleetness of foot going forward in order to avoid capital losses if (or when) rates rise, a style of investing not suited to endowment managers. 1 Comment
Wednesday, May 8, 12:29 PM "There is no safe haven in today's markets," says Paul Singer, speaking at the Ira Sohn conference, and blaming the distorting effects of QE. While not yet advocating shorting Treasurys (TLT, TBT), Singer says those long need to know they're trading at the wrong price, perhaps 50-100 basis points too low. 1 Comment [Breaking News, U.S. Economy]
Monday, May 6, 3:29 PM This time is different for Treasurys (TLT, TBT)? "The Fed has been very transparent and their transparency should help offset the risks that were experienced in 1994," says JPMorgan's head of rates Edward Fitzpatrick. He's joined in this opinion by others who ought to know better, including Templeton's Michael Materasso and Vanguard's Gemma Wright-Casparius, all of whom attribute the 1994 rout to communication, not a crazed buildup in leverage. 2 Comments [U.S. Economy]
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
Thursday, May 2, 8:36 AM More on the big drop in jobless claims: At 324K, it's the lowest level since January 2008. The 4-week moving average fell 16K to 342,250. S&P 500 futures remain +0.5%. Treasury prices slip, TLT -0.6%, TBT +1.2% premarket. 18 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Tuesday, April 30, 9:07 AM "View the 'fruit' debt the way we used to view IBM issues ... perfectly timed in retrospect," says Kevin Ferry, tweeting about Apple's prospective debt offering. Back in the day when rates actually fluctuated, IBM had a remarkable knack for issuing at the cycle lows in yield. The 10-year Treasury yield hits another YTD low, -2 bps to 1.65%. TLT +0.4% premarket. 1 Comment [Financials]
Friday, April 26, 8:45 AM More on the Q1 GDP (first estimate) miss: Government spending slowdown continues, with real federal government spending off 8.4% vs. 14.8% in Q4; defense spending off 11.5% vs. 22.1%. Real PCE +3.2%. Nonresidential fixed investment +2.1%. Real exports +2.9%, Real imports +5.4%. Real final sales +1.5% vs. 1.9% in Q4. Inventories added 103 bps to GDP in Q1 after subtracting 152 bps in Q4. SPY -0.3% premarket. The long bond pops half of a point. TLT +0.8% premarket. (full report) 68 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Thursday, April 25, 10:16 AM SocGen's Al Edwards doesn't disappoint his fans, believing the S&P is headed to 450 and gold to $10K. Most interesting is this chart on bond yields vs. forecasts. Forecasts in the deeper past essentially matched actual yields, yet for the last decade estimates have consistently called for "normalization," i.e. higher rates, but it's never happened. "Consensus has still not accepted that we remain locked in an Ice Age environment that will see U.S. (and U.K. and German) yields (TLT, TBT) converge to Japanese sub-1%." 1 Comment [U.S. Economy]
Wednesday, April 24, 8:47 AM The long bond moves higher (yield declines) following the soft durable goods report. In addition to the weak March print, February's 5.6% gain was revised down to 4.3%, with nondefense ex-transport orders revised down to -4.7% from -2.7%. Higher previously, the 30-year yield is now off one basis point to 2.9%. TLT flat premarket. Comment! [U.S. Economy]
Friday, April 19, 1:20 PM BlackRock fixed-income chief Rick Rieder tells the WSJ he was a big buyer of the long bond (TLT) in early April, believing the BOJ's massive easing and weak U.S. economic data would ensure a firm bid for the paper. Bonds, of course, have rallied strongly since then. Well played? In an April 8 interview with the FT, Rieder said he was worried about higher rates and favoring shorter durations. Check. 2 Comments [U.S. Economy]
Wednesday, April 17, 1:19 PM The 10-year Treasury yield touches a YTD low of 1.67% as the world's most hated asset confounds the bears again. How long before TBT is renamed the widow-maker trade a la JGBs? Trailing the S&P 500 in 2013 by 1500 basis points not long ago, TLT has narrowed the margin to about 650 bps. 2 Comments [Financials, U.S. Economy]

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Ugly day for Treasury bond funds: Breaking support levels are $TLT, $TLO, $TLH, $IPE, $TIP, $IEF, $ITE.
8/15/12
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neobliviscar: I had the top figured for 4th quarter. Looks like I was wrong for now. But then everyone was calling a top in March.
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TLTHF.PK - News - Today TD upgraded ratings on Talison Lithium (TLH-T) to 5 star and Brigus Gold (BRD) to 4 star LIT GLD
6/26/12
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Past 5 days: Talison Lithium (TLHTHF.PK) (TLH-T) up 88% - Rodinia (RDNAF.PK) up 30% - Western Lithium (WLCDF.PK) (WLC-T) up 20%) Told Ya!!
10/11/11
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Sept 12 - Talison Lithium (TLH-T) (TLTHF.PK) reports big increases in production, reserves, price and outlook--->http://dld.bz/apQxH (lit)
9/12/11
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Today-Talison Lithium announced a buyback of its common shares for its employee investment program - very good sign! (TLTHF.PK) (T-TLH)
6/10/11
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Acquiring more Talison Lithium (TLTHF.PK) (T-TLH) today!
4/26/11
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Talison Lithium reported today (April 19 2011) it's Q3 results. Production is up 33% and sales up 74% Talison Lithium (TLTHF.PK) (T-TLH)
4/19/11
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Talison Lithium (TLTHF.PK) (T-TLH) up over 14% over the past two trading days. Glad I bought more on the dip. Start of 2nd leg up!
3/29/11
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Dr. Kris
Market truism: As yields rise, bond values drop. Intermediate-longterm bond funds recently breaking support levels: TLH, ITE, IEW, IEF.
2/8/11
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Bonds bombing except for corp junk. Mid & long term bond funds breaking support: Mid: IEF, IEI, ITE; Long: TLH, TLT.
2/4/11
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