Bonds

The Russell 2000's sharp outperformance this year has been celebrated as proof that the market rally is finally broadening beyond mega-cap technology stocks. iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE:IWM) is up 17.38% year-to-date, compared to State Street's SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) at 10.46%. Yet the...

This past week saw global sovereign debt markets absolutely dump. Here's how it might get a lot worse. Bond Yields Soar Friday saw global sovereign debt markets in free fall. Yields spiked across the board- not because of some sudden inflation panic, but because of a much deeper, more...

Kevin Warsh didn’t get a gentle welcome. The new Federal Reserve Chair inherited a bond market that hasn't looked this hostile on the swearing-in day since Alan Greenspan took over the same helm in August of 1987. The 30-year yields were at 5.17% while the 10-year hit 4.65%. His response?...

Top dividend ETFs like the Schwab US Dividend Equity (NYSE:SCHD), iShares Core Dividend Growth (NYSE:DGRO), and Vanguard High Dividend Yield (NYSE:VYM) soared to their record highs this week, continuing an uptrend that has been going on for years. SCHD, DGRO, and VYM dividend yields have dripped...

The S&P 500 has spent much of the past year defying gravity. Despite sticky inflation, shifting Federal Reserve expectations and rising Treasury yields, stocks have continued to grind higher as investors bet on artificial intelligence, resilient earnings and a still-growing economy. But...

Inflation may be grabbing the headlines, but some bond investors are already looking beyond the next Consumer Price Index report. A less-discussed risk is beginning to emerge in the Treasury market: supply. While inflation concerns have helped push yields higher, WisdomTree’s Kevin Flanagan...

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, and the headline were updated in the story.) U.S. stock futures rose on Friday as all three indices, including Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, advanced after Thursday’s positive moves. However, persistent uncertainty...

China has aggressively trimmed its holdings of U.S. sovereign debt to levels not seen since the global financial crisis, exacerbating a historic fixed-income selloff that has pushed the 10-year Treasury yield toward the critical 5% threshold. The Great Treasury Exodus Capital flight is hitting the...

U.S. stocks edged lower at midday Thursday as Treasury yields rebounded and crude oil climbed back above $100 a barrel, with optimism over an imminent U.S.-Iran agreement fading after Tehran hardened its position on uranium.  Nvidia Corp.‘s (NASDAQ:NVDA) blockbuster earnings beat failed...

A selloff in the U.S. Treasury market has pushed long-term yields dangerously close to—and in some cases above—the 5% threshold, igniting an intense ideological battle among Wall Street's top macro minds over whether the global economy is entering a permanent structural shift or a temporary...

While investors remain fixated on AI stocks and Bitcoin ETFs, fixed-income funds are quietly emerging as one of the biggest winners of 2026. According to the latest data from ETFGI, bond ETFs, or fixed-income ETFs gathered $37.02 billion in net inflows during April, lifting year-to-date inflows to...

U.S. stocks halted a three-day losing streak at midday Wednesday as oil prices sank more than 5% on revived hopes of a U.S.-Iran de-escalation, easing the energy-driven inflation shock that has dogged risk assets all week and setting the stage for NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) earnings after the close...

The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) attracted $652.41 million in inflows on May 19, per Etf.com, signaling some investors are piling into long-duration Treasuries even with fears of higher inflation and interest rates driving yields up. In the past 30 days, the fund has seen net...

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs and the headline were updated in the story.) U.S. stock futures rose on Wednesday following two consecutive days of lower closes for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indices on Tuesday. Investors are awaiting Nvidia Corp.‘s (...

U.S. stocks extended losses by midday Tuesday as a fresh Treasury rout pushed long-dated yields to multi-decade highs and a crowded chipmaker trade unwound, with investors growing impatient over the unresolved U.S.–Iran standoff that has kept oil prices elevated and inflation expectations sticky...