Yield Curve Smashed

This is just breathtaking, as the would-be steepener is now dead and buried. It has the feel of a final and dramatic move. A lot of things are making dramatic…

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Yields and Some of the Things They Influence

Long-term yields bumped up today... This of course bumped my position in the T-bond bear up. It bumped my position in the Regional Banks iShares up. It bumped Uncle Buck…

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10/2 Yield Spread, Live

With the June Jobs release behind us, the 10/2 yield spread/curve (CNBC) is left to do its part in indicating the future. It maintains its steepening potential, but is on…

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Yield Curve

I don't have a real time vehicle (that I know of) to see the 10yr-2yr yield curve in-day, but I do have the SHY (1-3 year) Treasury bond fund (positive…

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Long-term Treasury Yields on the Move

The 10 year yield is in a short-term bounce pattern, which is completely unsurprising as it goes in positive correlation with stocks on their relief bounce from the risk 'off'…

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Watch the Damn 2 Year Yield

We have had several indicators swinging bearish but a big holdout has been the 2 year Treasury yield's signal that the Fed had not yet gotten ahead of itself. Here…

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