My Concentration Is on Full Faith & Credit Pledge U.S. Treasuries
As Wall Street tumbles, my concentration is on full faith and credit pledge U.S. treasuries. Reuters' Caroline Valetkevitch reports on the market:
The Nasdaq fell 3...
Vanguard GNMA Anchor to Windward
When times are tough, Vanguard GNMA continues to pay income, much like it does when times are good. For me, GNMA is an anchor...
It’s Time For Investors to Focus on Treasuries
It’s time for investors to focus on Treasuries. As stocks tumbled 3% yesterday, Sinead Carew wrote at Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks tumbled...
Can Bonds Restore Health to the Market?
James Mackintosh, writing in The Wall Street Journal, explains that as the term premium rises on bonds, hardest hit could be the so-called "acronym...
As Tech Invests its Cash, Who Will Buy Bonds?
For years tech companies with vast overseas cash reserves have invested their wealth in the short-term debt of other corporations. But now that Apple...
Your Retirement Life: Do You Understand the Value of Bonds?
If you haven’t constructed your bond portfolio yet, then what are you waiting for? Once you’re in your 50s, the time has come to...
CEO of World’s Biggest Bank Warns of 5% Treasury Yields
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JP Morgan recently warned that the prospect of 5% 10-year Treasury yields is a higher probability than most people...
Will You be Ready When the Stock Market Crashes?
Facebook and Twitter shares both cratered this week. It may be time to ask yourself, as I did here on January 17, 2018, are...
Who is Buying Long Bonds Today?
Thirty-year Treasuries yield 3.11% today. Ten-year Treasuries yield 2.97%. You get an extra 0.13% in income each year for lending the government money for...