The 10-year Treasury yield stopped just short of 3% last week and the recent Commitment of Trader’s data is showing massive short exposure to the 10-year futures contract by non-commercial traders. These are speculative positions betting that the 10-year yield will continue to rise (bond prices will continue to fall). The market has a funny…
New “Income” Stock Investments
The move higher in bond yields since the election has slowly been creating some new opportunities in stocks that pay higher dividend yields. These types of stocks tend to be owned for the dividend income so they are usually more affected in the short-term by changes in the bond market (changes in relative yields) than…