‘Yields’ Archive

No Picnic for U.S & Emerging market Bonds if this happens!

CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) and Emerging Markets Bond ETF (EMB) have declined rather sharply of late.  The declines has taken each of them down to multi-year support lines at (1) in the charts above. This 2-pack reflects that interest rates all over the world are rising and causing bond prices [...]

Did Apple out smart investors? $17 Billion investor goof?

CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE The Power of the Pattern reflected the first of May that rates were ready to blast off and Bonds could get hurt big-time  (see post here)  At the same time the pattern was suggesting yields were ready to blast off, Apple came to market with $17 Billion in bonds, the [...]

This has Bond bulls VERY NERVOUS!!!

CLICK ON CHART TO ENLARGE The all important 10-year yield has stayed within a well defined falling channel for the past year years. Since 2011 a possible bullish head & shoulders pattern in yields could be taking shape.  The rally in yields since the summer of 2012, now has the yield on the 10-year note [...]