From the category archives:

Bonds

Yield Curve Explained – MBA Mondays

The yield curve is explained in this week’s MBA Monday topic.  For years, I used to hear about “the yield curve” and remain disinterested because I thought stocks were so much cooler than bonds.  Bonds were for old farts, right?  What I’ve come to learn after an MBA and witnessing the near collapse of the [...]

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MUNI Bonds Have Jumped the Shark

On November 22nd, I penned an article at ETFBase entitled Muni Bond Market Imploding.  While I was derided for my call at SeekingAlpha and other outlets that syndicate my content for calling the top, the muni market has in fact, begun imploding.  Like clockwork, Meredith Whitney appeared on 60 minutes (Day of Reckoning) sharing with [...]

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100 Year Bonds – Great Yield or Sucker’s Game?

I’ve been seeing longer duration bonds being issued in various formats and I’m starting to wonder if this is the pinnacle of the bond bubble.  Kind of like when Blackstone took private equity public at the top, is this a sign that corporate and sovereign debt is being issued one last time to the suckers [...]

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