by Jeff Friedman There have been a lot of challenges for the markets in the past few months, from unrest in the Middle East to the disaster in Japan to ongoing Eurozone debt issues to a potential U.S. government shutdown. The big, overarching question for most investors and consumers is how these factors have affected [...]

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 [...]

Treasury Bubble Part II: Three-Month Yield Turns Negative by Phil Streible & Richard Ilczyszyn Risk-aversion has been driving investors, and they have been rushing into U.S. Treasuries. Yields have been pushed down to historic lows across the yield curve, and in an unprecedented development, three-month Treasury bill yields have actually turned negative. The Treasury bubble [...]