Historical Look At Bond Prices And Interest Rate Outlook

Dr. Duru submits: As the stock market continues its slow and steady creep upward, individual stocks experiencing technical breakouts are providing strong relative performance. Last week, I noted that U.S. Steel finally broke above its 200-day moving average (DMA), and it continues to barrel upward.

By Sammy Pollack:With a market cap of nearly $4 billion, the ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TBT) is one of the most popular leveraged ETFs around.

By Michael Johnston:ProShares announced last week an expansion to its lineup of 3x leveraged ETFs, rolling out a fund that delivers -3x daily exposure to long-term U.S. Treasuries. The new UltraPro Short 20+ Year Treasury (TTT) will seek to deliver daily results that correspond to -300% of movements in the Barclays Capital U.S.

By Andrew Boral: At first glance, these ETFs seem like a simple way to hedge against rising interest rates. Upon further inspection, these funds should come with a warning label. Modern financial engineering can make even the safest investments risky. Even when most professionals agree that there is nowhere for interest rates to go but up, speculating on yield curve changes is not for the faint hearted. The performance of the ProShares Short Tre

By Tom Lydon: More investors are using exchange traded funds to express the view that interest rates will rise, although yields on the 10-year Treasury note remain stubbornly low at around 2%. Recent activity in bond ETFs shows some investors are positioning to profit if U.S. Treasury yields rise and bond prices decline. [Inverse Treasury ETFs]

By Interactive Brokers: ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ETF (TBT) – The huge run-up in bonds with greater than 20 years remaining to maturity may pull back by the end of the year, by the looks of a massive bullish options position on the TBT today.

Tom Lydon submits: ETF Spotlight on ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury (NYSEArca: TBT), (part of an ongoing series). Assets: $6.1 billion

Michael Johnston submits:ProShares made an addition to its line of leveraged fixed income products on Thursday, launching the Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury (UST) and Ultra 20+ Year Treasury (UBT). UST seeks daily investment results that correspond to 200% of the daily performance of the Barclays Capital 7-10 Year U.S.