Bonds

U.S. markets roared back Monday from last week’s sell-off. However, the S&P 500 is still down 11.1% overall since Feb. 19, and many experts believe the worst of the coronavirus outbreak that has spooked the market is yet to come. To Cut Or Not To Cut? Given last week’s stock market...

A correction appears imminent. Major indices are set to start out 10% below their recent highs, the first time that’s happened since late 2018. Fear still has a tight grip today, and unlike fear around something financial like a trade war or rate hikes, it’s hard to say when this...

U.S. stocks have taken a beating in recent weeks on growing concerns about the negative economic impact of a global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus. DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas compared the negative market impact of the coronavirus outbreak to the positive impact of January...

Stocks are enduring a predictable, though unappealing reaction to the COVID-19 outbreak. So what asset classes have investors been matriculating to? Looking at the list of exchange traded funds that hit all-time highs on Tuesday, the group is heavily populated by fixed income funds. Add to that,...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost nearly 2,000 points throughout Monday and Tuesday's sessions, making stocks $1.7 trillion less valuable compared to last week, according to data compiled by CNBC. Here is a brief summary of what multiple pros are saying amid a coronavirus-induced plunge....

For those who didn’t get enough drama Monday and Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) cratered nearly 2,000 points, things might be more interesting today.  That’s because major indices are on the cusp of testing some key levels that many investors think of as...

Right now the imminent threat to the global economy is the impact of spreading coronavirus. In the financial markets, there is another potential complication and risk forming: that market participants overestimate the likelihood that the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates due to the virus. With...

A few green shoots sprouted this morning, but they quickly got snowed under by a coronavirus blizzard that just won’t let up. Most of the major indices fell more than 3% Tuesday, and the S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP: .INX) is down nearly 8% from its all-time high set a week ago. The...

Vanguard, the second-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds, is at it again. “It” being lowering fees, something the firm did on a bunch of ETFs just a few months ago. Last week, Vanguard unveiled fee cuts on four ETFs and three index fund share classes that are related to the...

A popular way of describing when bonds and stocks rally in unison is that the two asset classes are “telling a different story.” While that may have seemed like a good way to describe the situation at a few important junctures during the last two years, the price correlation between the...

In a move that was widely expected, the Federal Reserve maintained its target fed funds rate range of between 1.5% and 1.75% on Wednesday. The Fed also reassured investors the U.S. economy is strong and the labor market remains solid. “The Committee judges that the current stance of monetary...

Last week set a seven-year record for the amount of money flowing into bond funds, according to the Investment Company Institute, and catastrophic macro events are largely to thank. Coronavirus Scare In China and the U.S., fears of the coronavirus propped up the bond market. The virus has halted...

At a time of paltry bond yields throughout the developed world, income investors are turning to equities and for those looking for some extra yield, ex-U.S. developed markets make a lot of sense. The ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSE: IDOG) can be viewed as a yield-driven...

Geopolitical uncertainty is fading, domestic political shock appears unlikely, and global economic data is stabilizing. American jobs are the most secure they've been in a generation and it shows – mom and pop traders are dabbling in stocks again for the first time in two years. Add this...