Embracing the Bear
The panel members are usually an optimistic bunch. But, something a bit unusual happened on Friday's episode of Options Action. The mood has darkened. The trades discussed had a definite…
Breaking Bonds
The biggest beneficiary of the equity and high yield bond market selloff was the long end of the US Treasury Bond market. Price of long-term Treasuries rose as people sold…
Its Fed Day Today
The Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve is wrapping up their November meeting where they discuss the state of the economy and their next move with interest rates. We…
Close TLT Trade | Looks Like Bond Sell Off May Be Over For Now
The bond market has been a tricky affair the past year or so. There have been both fundamental and technical arguments that would support the bullish and bearish case. Fortunately…
Investors Hit the Panic Button
Interest rates have been inching higher for a few years now. The yield on a 10-year US Treasury bond bottomed on 5-July-2016 at a rate of 1.35%. This is a…
Are Interest Rates About to Bite?
On 11-September-2018, we changed our short-term minds on interest rates. The bond market has had us particularly concerned throughout the year. After a selloff in Q1, long-term government bonds went into a…
Clarification of our Comments on Yesterdays Bond/Interest Rates
Yesterday, we talked about interest rates and long-term bonds. Eric, one of our subscribers noted that we change our stance from a post we published on August 7. We failed…
Long-Term Interest Rates, Where to Next? (TLT)
The bond markets continue to be a bit of an enigma at the moment. The interest rates on short-term securities have been on a relentless rise since the beginning of 2015.…
Bonds: The Forgotten Trade
Everyone seems to be down on the bond market these days. It seems that the universal truth about the future level of interest rates is higher. The consensus view of…
Update | Options Expiration
Standard Monthly Options expire at the end of the week. Since we have 7 open positions to address, we thought we should discuss them so our readers can decide what they…