by Chris Kimble | May 5, 2023 | Kimble Charting
As the Federal Reserve continues to fight inflation by raising interest rates, the market is growing uncertain about futures rate hikes. Today, we share a chart comparing the 10-year US treasury bond yield versus the popular 20+ year treasury bond ETF. As you can see,...
by Chris Kimble | Mar 10, 2023 | Kimble Charting
With bond yields (and interest rates) rising sharply, it’s understandable that most of the world is hoping for lower rates. Lower interest rates allow for more flexible lending to both businesses and consumers… BUT… As the “weekly” chart below shows, the last time...
by Chris Kimble | Jan 19, 2023 | Kimble Charting
Interest rates have risen rather quickly as the Federal Reserve attempts to fight inflation. Will the move be a case of too far, too fast? Today’s long-term “monthly” chart of the 10-year US treasury bond yield seems to think so. In my humble opinion, the chart below...
by Chris Kimble | Dec 13, 2022 | Kimble Charting
The financial markets have been volatile this year, to say the least. And much of the volatility has been tied to inflationary concerns and rising interest rates via the Federal Reserve. That said, we’ve come to a point in time where it appears that inflation may be...
by Chris Kimble | Dec 7, 2022 | Kimble Charting
The past few years have seen extreme volatility in the bond market, which equates to similar volatility in interest rates. And it all started with the onset of coronavirus. The initial panic decline in bond yields (interest rates) was followed by a surge that lasted...
by Chris Kimble | Dec 6, 2022 | Kimble Charting
Considering our national debt and the debts of companies and consumers, it’s obvious that the bond market is critical to our economy. This is likely why the Investment Grade Bond ETF (LQD) started to sputter last year, well before the bear market in stocks this year....
by Chris Kimble | May 24, 2022 | Kimble Charting
It’s been an ugly couple of year for US Treasury Bonds. T-bond prices have dropped sharply as yields have risen. This has been an added pressure on retirement portfolios as treasury bonds are no longer trading like a conservative asset. Time for a bounce in T-bonds?...
by Chris Kimble | Apr 26, 2022 | Kimble Charting
The past two years have seen the treasury bond market turn upside down. In short (pun intended), treasury bonds have been hit hard by selling. Note that we highlighted an important test of resistance for treasury bond yields last week. Today, we look at a long-term...
