Posts Tagged ‘interest rate trading strategies’

Prepare for Rising Yields: Commodities Could Suffer

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Mar 30th, 2010 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

by Adam Klopfenstein Rates for long-dated interest rate vehicles have been edging up, and it’s important to be prepared for an even greater shift in the low-rate environment we’ve been in. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is approaching the critical 4 percent barrier, which we haven’t seen since 2008. Whether you are a [...]


Treasuries: The Next Big Bubble

By Kristina Zurla Landgraf • Dec 4th, 2008 • Category: Broker Commentary, Market Updates

The Treasury Bubble By Richard Ilczyszyn The fear and the volatility we’ve seen in the past few months in the stock market has driven investors to safe-haven instruments like U.S. Treasuries, and prices for Treasury bonds and notes have soared. It’s looking like the next big bubble. Like any bubble, I think it will eventually [...]