Author: David Waring

Have you seen the stock charts of Peabody Energy (BTU), Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF), and Baker Hughes (BHI) over the past year or...

The BLS recently released the Consumer Price Index number for May 2012. CPI is the most widely used measure of inflation in the United...

Best of the Bond Market for June 28th, 2012 PIMCO: Bill Gross’ Monthly Market Update Summary Below: Not only banks and insurance companies but sovereign nations as well cannot all be counted on to guarantee a return of...

By David Merkel of AlephBlog.com I received the following from a reader: My primary motivation for writing to you is this post by Jeff Miller. In my mind, you are the foremost expert blogger when it comes to bonds so I wanted to...

Target date funds, which hold a combination of stocks and bonds, have recently been attacked in publications like SmartMoney and DailyFinance. Learn Bonds decided to investigate and here’s what we found: How Target Date...

When investing in individual bonds the most accurate representation of the income you will receive is the Yield to Maturity. A bond’s yield to maturity takes into account the bond’s coupon interest payments, the...

Bond Market Wrapup for June 27th 2012 Treasuries were little changed after the Fed auctioned $35 billion in five-year notes that generated the lowest demand in nearly a year. Even with lackluster demand however yields remained...

Best of the Bond Market for June 27th, 2012 Bloomberg: Stockton, California, To File For Bankruptcy Protection Stockton, California, said it will file for bankruptcy after talks with bondholders and labor unions failed, making...

(June 2012) What are the largest Bond ETFs and which indexes do they track? Here is a summary table with more detailed overviews of each below: Bond ETF Name Size (Assets Under Management) Index Name iShares Barclays TIPS Bond...