iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

TLT tracks a market-weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with remaining maturities of 20 years or more.

SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF

Consider selling straddles on the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF and buying straddles on the SPDR® Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust. The implied volatility of the bond ETF is higher than that of the Dow Jones ETF, making it an interesting options position. The trade is based on the belief that a significant price movement appears to be respectively underestimated/overestimated.

DIA Vs. TLT: A Volatility Strategy For The Current Market

How should investors construct their portfolios? Rob Isbitts recommends playing offense and defense in the market.

Portfolio Construction, Options And Covered Call ETF Vulnerability

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

by Jennifer Nash of VettaFi | Advisor Perspectives, 11/20/23 The yield on the 10-year note ended November 17, 2023 at 4.44%, the 2-year note ended at 4.88%, and the 30-year at 4.59%. Here is a table showing the yields' highs and lows and the FFR since 2007.

Treasury Yields Snapshot: November 17, 2023

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

The S&P 500 rose for a third straight week, finishing Friday up 2.2% from the previous week. The index has now posted gains for 11 of the 13 trading days in November thus far.

S&P 500 Snapshot: November Rally Lives On

Invesco QQQ

ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund

Michael Kramer is disappointed by the recent CPI report, suggesting that the economy is cooling and expectations for earnings growth are too high. He believes that the market may anticipate rate cuts, but the Fed will be slow to deliver them.

CPI Disappointment, Cooling Economy, Recession Ahead? With Mott Capital

That's the Leuthold Group's Scott Opsal, riffing off the pandemic-era rise in meme-stock trading. But this time he's referring to the popularity of the downtrodden iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF TLT, a fund attracting mega inflows, despite its stunning losses.

Popular TLT Treasury fund is raking in $20 billion in new assets despite ‘frankly terrible' returns, says researcher

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF is a fixed income ETF widely used by retail investors to go long 20-year treasury bonds. After the latest CPI figures, the market is no longer pricing in further Fed rate hikes and is even seeing potential rate cuts starting in May 2024. Expect the 5.32% level in 20-year rates to be this cycle's top, with long rates moving lower towards 4% going forward as the economy deteriorates.

TLT: 20-Year Rates Have Peaked, Time To Buy Bonds (Ratings Upgrade)

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Ishares High Yield Corporate Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF

iShares Ibonds Dec 2032 Term Corporate ETF

Ishares Investment Grade Corporate Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF

The U.S. ETF industry continues to evolve. In the first 10 months of 2023, fixed income ETFs gathered more than 40% share of the net inflows, despite representing just 20% share of the market.

Recapping BlackRock's Strong Fixed Income Flows

Treasury ETFs offer investors a simple, low-cost method of adding duration to their bond portfolio, making them a popular tool as the interest rate outlook changes.

This Bond Fund Is Beating Big Tech and the Rest of the Stock Market. Here's Why.

British American Tobacco

iShares Core High Dividend ETF

Hershey

Johnson & Johnson

Kimberly-Clark

Coca-Cola

Realty Income Corp

PepsiCo

Philip Morris

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund

Dividend investing is struggling in the current macroeconomic environment due to high interest rates. The yield on T-Bonds disincentivizes investors from buying dividend companies, leading to a drop in their performance. Exceptions to this trend include investments with a high dividend yield on cost, undervalued companies with potential for capital gains, and companies with rapid growth in earnings and dividends.

All Dividend Companies Have One Big Problem In Common

DoubleLine Commercial Real Estate ETF

Doubleline Mortgage ETF

Investors starved for yield since the great financial crisis can now have it merely by holding cash reserves. At least for now (as of November 8), the U.S. three-month Treasury Bill was yielding 5.4%, up from 0.50% at the end of 2021 and 4.4% at the end of last year.

Is Cash Trash? DoubleLine Has Some Thoughts

SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF

SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill ETF

ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF

SPDR Gold Trust

NVIDIA

ATAC US Rotation ETF

US Treasury 3 Month Bill Etf

United States Oil Fund LP

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

Michael Gayed predicts a credit event in the market and warns of longer-term concerns around U.S. debt trajectory. He discusses the disconnects in the AI mania and inter-market dynamics.

Michael Gayed On Credit Event Phases And The Fed's Unprecedented Moves

The S&P 500 rose for a second consecutive week, finishing Friday up 1.3% from the previous week. The index has now posted daily gains for 7 of the 8 trading days in November thus far.

S&P 500 Snapshot: November Rally Continues

Robinhood

With the meme-stock rally in the review mirror, individual investors are rediscovering a philosophy made famous by Vanguard's founder, Jack Bogle.

'T-bill and chill': Why Jack Bogle's strategy of 'lazy' investing is making a comeback

BNY Mellon Core Bond ETF

In late October, VettaFi hosted an Income Strategy Symposium for hundreds of advisors and some end clients. We covered a range of topics with industry experts from Fidelity, T.

Chart of the Week: Fixed Income Exposure Matters Most

Trend tracking CTA hedge funds, which seek to trade on momentum in market movements, have failed to cash in on the recent market rally that has seen stock and bond prices soar,

Trend tracking CTA hedge funds suffer as stock and bond markets rally

Chaim Siegel is bullish on the market for 2024 but sees a chance for a market dip in early 2024. He believes Bitcoin is a major Fed instrument and is bullish on its future.

Chance For A Market Dip In Early 2024 - Chaim Siegel

Invesco Exchange-Traded Fund Trust II Invesco Equal Weight 0-30 Year Treasury ET

The iShares 20 Plus Year Treasury Bond ETF had a record-breaking month in October, trading $99 billion of volume. TLT's assets have doubled since August 4, 2020, despite a 45% drop in price. The recent price volatility of TLT raises concerns about its bond-like characteristics and the understanding of investors who have poured billions into the ETF.

TLT Is Turning Bond Investing Into A Casino! I Prefer GOVI

If interest rates start to head lower, the best parts of the U.S. bond market to own are those with the highest duration.

This Bond Fund Is a New Cult Hero. Billions Are Flowing In.

The yield on the 10-year note ended November 3, 2023 at 4.57%, the two-year note ended at 4.83%, and the 30-year at 4.77%. Here is a table showing the yields' highs and lows and the FFR since 2007.

Treasury Yields Snapshot: November 3, 2023

U.S. bonds could be poised for big gains next year if yields in the $25.7 trillion U.S. Treasury market continue to slip, according to Nuveen Chief Investment Officer Saira Malik.

Treasury returns to hit 12% to 22% if yields continue to fall, Nuveen says

Gold and Bitcoin are both benefiting from market sentiment shifting towards distrust in central banks and fiat currencies. Gold is poised to breakout from a 3 year base.

Gold And Bitcoin Show Market Losing Confidence In Central Banks, Avoid TLT (Technical Analysis)

The S&P 500 posted its biggest weekly gain of the year, finishing Friday up 5.85% from the previous week. The index is currently up 13.97% year to date and is 9.14% below its record close from January 3, 2022.

S&P 500 Snapshot: Biggest Weekly Gain of the Year

My macro outlook for 2024 predicts a recession and strong disinflation in major economies. The flatter yield curve, the Fed's pause and many other factors create a favorable environment for long-dated Treasuries. Long-dated Treasuries are now considered a defensive, risk-off asset class and offer an attractive risk-reward opportunity.

TLT: Long-Dated U.S. Treasuries Are A Generational Buy

iShares National Muni Bond ETF

iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF

The “T-bill and chill” trade looks like it's gathering more steam with individual investors, according to Vanda Research.

News for iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ETF (TLT)