The European Central Bank is proposing bond purchases of roughly €50 billion ($58 billion) per month for a minimum of one year, according to according to two euro-area central-bank officials. The ECB’s executive board met Tuesday in Frankfurt to … [Read more...]

According to an article in todays Bloomberg News, bond investors are feeling a little downbeat about the state of the economy. In fact they haven't been this down about growth and inflation in the U.S. economy since 2008, when the bottom fell out … [Read more...]

LearnBonds Learn Bonds: – The implications of falling oil prices to the U.S. economy. – Cheap oil is both good and bad news for the U.S. As per IMF’s analysis, it is net positive to U.S. economy; every drop of $10 in price adds 0.1% to the US GDP. … [Read more...]

Over the past few years, most economists and interest rate forecasters have become increasingly convinced that rates have nowhere to go but up. However, most of these predictions have proved wrong as rates have continued to trend lower. Of … [Read more...]

Pimco’s Total Return Fund increased holdings of U.S. government-related debt and mortgage-backed securities in December, while virtually abandoning its holdings of developed countries’ government bonds denominated in foreign currencies. At the end … [Read more...]

Investors took refuge in the relative safety of government bonds on Wednesday, following the release of weak U.S. consumer spending report. Following this mornings release the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond hit a record low and the yield on … [Read more...]

Steven Major does not carry the high profile of some Wall St bond gurus, in part because he lives 3000 miles away in London. But his low profile and Geographic location is no barrier to calling the market, something he has done correctly on many … [Read more...]

In the fallout from his much publicised ousting from Pimco, the fund management firm he co-founded, Bill Gross was upset about one thing: Despite 40 years at the top of the fixed-income world, Gross believes his recent track record has been … [Read more...]

LearnBonds Learn Bonds: – Top 5 concerns for investors in 2015. – Bond market doomsayers arguments are not without merit, but that doesn’t mean their predictions will come true. So here are the top five concerns that they think investors are facing … [Read more...]

Treasuries rose on Friday after a report from the Labor Department showed wages unexpectedly declined in December, sparking speculation the Federal Reserve will take a slower pace with interest-rates increases. Two-year note yields fell to a … [Read more...]

Nothing scares investors more than uncertainty, and if the start of 2015 is anything to go by, the market is anything but certain. At times like this investors tend to retreat into cash. But David Fabian, of FMD Capital Management has a better … [Read more...]

With the U.S. economy accelerating and unemployment falling you’d think a recession was the last thing on anybody's mind. And yet the bond market which has a strong track record for predicting economic problems is flashing warning signals. So … [Read more...]

Bill Gross, wrote a letter to his clients at Janus Capital on Tuesday, warning them that the "good times are over." Gross who now manages $1.2 billion for Janus Capital's Global Unconstrained Bond Fund told clients: "when the year is done, there … [Read more...]

As we head into another year most bond market experts are expecting U.S. interest rates to rise, bringing to an end three decades of falling rates. But Jeff Gundlach is not like most bond market experts. Exactly one year ago, Gundlach, the head of … [Read more...]

LearnBonds Learn Bonds: – U.S. economy should continue to expand 3.00% to 3.50%. – During the past two days we have heard diatribes regarding why the bond market “has it wrong,” why inflation/wage growth has to pick up next year, why QE “will save … [Read more...]

As the new year begins in earnest, its time to look back at how bond and stock markets performed over the last twelve months. Looking at bonds, investment-grade U.S. bonds, the Barclays US Aggregate bond index—which doesn’t include … [Read more...]

The bond markets uncharacteristic rise on Oct. 15 has been blamed on hedge funds moving quickly to increase their long exposure to U.S. interest rates according to a Federal Reserve survey. Disappointing economic data on the morning of Oct. 15 … [Read more...]

U.S. government bonds are in for a rough ride during 2015. That seems to be the message forecasters on Wall Street are sending. With Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen poised to raise interest rates in 2015 for the first time in almost a decade, … [Read more...]

LearnBonds Learn Bonds: – Investing in 2015 – 5 important financial themes to follow. – The next twelve months should prove rather critical from both a market valuation and monetary policy viewpoint. Here are 5 major themes for both stock and bond … [Read more...]

Investors should avoid buying municipal bonds from Puerto Rico, that’s the message from the president and CEO of Lebenthal Holdings. "Run fast away from Puerto Rico," Alexandra Lebenthal told CNBC in a "Squawk Box" interview on Wednesday. "Puerto … [Read more...]