iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund (ETF)

• Are Bonds Bubbly?

  By Victor K. - April 12, 2013 | Tickers: AGG, TLO, VCIT

  Unless you've been playing ostrich with your head in a hole, everyone knows that bond yields are historically low.   If you're wondering how low they really are, just take a look at the chart below.  It shows the benchmark 10 year Treasury Yield from January 1962 out until the end of March 2013.  Currently below 2%, the 10 Year Treasury Yield is bouncing around the lowest levels it more »

• 3 Signs of a Looming Bondvalanche

  By Charlie Wagner - March 11, 2013 | Tickers: AGG, BND

  When spring comes to my part of the world, specific and unusual conditions will occasionally prompt avalanche warnings. An extra layer of heavy, wet snow can cause already fragile cornices to suddenly collapse, triggering an avalanche. On occasion, a few small collapses will signal that conditions are ripe for even bigger and worse results. I see a similar pattern in the abrupt decline of Ishares Trust Lehman US Bond Fund more »

• B is for Bond, Buzzard, Bernanke

  By Charlie Wagner - January 22, 2013 | Tickers: CSP, AGG, PTTAX, BND

  
  

• Take a Spring Break From Stocks

  By George Clausen - April 13, 2012 | Tickers: STIP, SHY, AGG, TIP, MDY

  Most market news is negative lately. Maybe it’s time for the stock market to take off for spring break. A little sun and beach make a world of difference.

  The bad news adds extra meaning to the old stock market adage: “Sell in May and go away.” Make that mid-April. 

  Downgrades are happening again. On April 5, Egan Jones Rating Company downgraded the U.S. government debt from AA more »