Bond and Finance News
Lending Club recently sent me an email about their borrowing rates moving lower. The lowest rate offered to the highest quality borrowers is now only 6.78% APR for a 3 year loan. This note went out to all their affiliates, websites that receive … [Read more...]
Market Data : Treasury Yields, Municipal Bond Rates, Bond Fund Prices, CD Rates, Savings Accounts Treasury Yields: Yield Curve, Historical Interest Rates, FED Funds Rate, Savings Bonds 2 Year Treasury Bill (T-bill) 10 Year Treasury Note … [Read more...]
What are E bonds? An E bond is an E series savings bond issued by the US Treasury between 1941 and 1980. If you have inherited E bonds, there is both good and bad news. The bad news is that E Bonds have stopped paying interest. The good news is that … [Read more...]
Questions: Has The Pimco Total Return Fund’s recent performance been terrible? No, its been slightly worse than other intermediate term bond funds. Was Bill Gross wrong about treasuries? No, not really. Was Bill Gross wrong about duration? … [Read more...]
Looking for an easy way to keep track of the value of your savings bonds? If you only have a couple savings bonds, just use our Savings Bonds Calculator. The Treasury Department has created a free Savings Bond Wizard that can be downloaded onto … [Read more...]
Over the last month, the yield on 10 year US Treasury has risen from 2.02% to 2.53%, or roughly 25%. The rise in rates has not been triggered by any particular incident,but a general sense that the US Federal Reserve will need to start cutting back … [Read more...]
What is a Jumbo CD? A Jumbo CD (Certificate of Deposit) requires a minimum deposit of $100,000. In all other respects, a jumbo CD is no different than any other CD. How do Jumbo CD Rates compare to CDs with lower minimum deposits? Jumbo CDs have … [Read more...]
There are two answers to this question: 1) Are you trading interest rates futures through the CME? Electronic trading through the CME for interest rate futures is open 23 hours per day, Sunday night thru Friday evening. "Bond … [Read more...]
Bond Market Holidays are not necessarily fixed. The market is very decentralized with no central trading venue (like NYSE or NASDAQ) which decides when the market is closed. One group of bond market traders can be on holiday, while another might be … [Read more...]
This is not a book review for Bonds For Dummies. The good news is that you will not need to spend $26.99 to buy “Bond Investing For Dummies”. This website covers almost everything that is mentioned in that book, plus much more! What is the most … [Read more...]
