TLT - iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
| Previous Close | 117.94 |
| Open | 118.69 |
| Bid | 118.89 x 3000 |
| Ask | 118.90 x 800 |
| Day's Range | 118.66 - 119.06 |
| 52 Week Range | 116.09 - 129.57 |
| Volume | 3,457,147 |
| Avg. Volume | 7,431,685 |
| Net Assets | 7.85B |
| NAV | 119.50 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | N/A |
| Yield | 2.59% |
| YTD Return | -5.53% |
| Beta (3y) | 3.25 |
| Expense Ratio (net) | 0.15% |
| Inception Date | 2002-07-22 |
Market Realist•1 hour agoMarkets Tumble, Gold Shines as Trump Cancels North Korea Meeting
In a classic Donald Trump move, the president wrote a letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to cancel their planned meeting in Singapore next month. Trump wrote, “Sadly, based on the tremendous anger and open hostility displayed in your most recent statement, I feel it would be inappropriate, at this time, to have this long-planned meeting.” This meeting was seen as an unprecedented attempt to dissolve tensions between the United States and North Korea, which could have reduced geopolitical risks. The SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD), which tracks physical gold, on the other hand, was trading up 1.03%.
- Market Realist•3 hours ago
US Dollar Index Fell after the Fed’s Take on Inflation above 2%
After a brief pullback on Tuesday, the US Dollar Index regained strength on Wednesday and surged to five-month high price levels. The US Dollar Index opened Thursday on a mixed note and traded with weakness in the early hours.
- Forbes•14 hours ago
Bonds Are At An Intermediate Low
In early April, I outlined the case for a longer-term bear market for bonds. Years ago, a veteran bond trader observed that rate bear markets tended to run from 21 to 36 years. Note that a mirror-image reflection has unfolded.
- Market Realist•yesterday
How the US-China Trade Deal Could Hurt Global Markets
China invests the trade surplus it has with its trading partners in US government securities (GOVT). According to the data available from the US Treasury, China owns close to 20% of total outstanding US debt, and the total value of these securities is close to $1.2 trillion.
- Market Realist•yesterday
US Dollar Is Strong, Market Risk Weighs on Treasury Yields
After closing higher last week, the US Dollar Index started this week on a mixed note and traded with mixed sentiment in the first two trading days. The US Dollar Index opened Wednesday on a stronger note and was trading at 2018 highs in the early hours.
- CNBC•2 days ago
Cohen partner pleads guilty in deal requiring cooperation
A longtime business partner of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, whose business dealings are being scrutinized by federal prosecutors, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in a state tax fraud case that requires him to cooperate in any ongoing investigation, according to a person briefed on the deal. Yellow cab magnate Evgeny "Gene" Freidman, the so-called Taxi King of New York, pleaded guilty to a single count of tax fraud in an Albany courthouse, almost a year after state prosecutors and tax authorities charged him with pocketing $5 million in mandatory, per-ride transportation fees. For years, Freidman has managed hundreds of taxi medallions, the physical plates affixed to cabs that owners are required to display, including more than two dozen owned by Cohen, Trump's longtime fixer.
Market Realist•2 days agoUS Dollar Retreats, Bond Yields Gain Early on May 22
Following a strong performance last week, the US Dollar Index started this week on a mixed note by trading with increased volatility on Monday. On May 22, the US Dollar Index started on a mixed note and traded with weakness in the early hours.
- Market Realist•3 days ago
Will Yield Spreads Continue to Decline?
The US bond markets remained under selling pressure as bond yields, especially at the short end of the curve, continued to shoot up, while the long-term yields remained subdued. The US Fed through its May post-meeting statement said that inflation would reach the 2% target soon, which was interpreted as a signal for a faster pace of rate hikes. An inverted yield curve, where short-term (SHY) yields are higher than long-term yields (TLT) is considered a warning sign for future recessions, and thus the yield spread has a place in the leading economic index.
Market Realist•3 days agoUS Dollar Index and Treasury Yields Rose Early on May 21
The US Dollar Index regained strength and gained in all of the trading days last week. Carrying forward the strength, the US Dollar Index opened higher on Monday. In the early hours, the US Dollar Index was trading at the highest levels traded since December 2017.
Yahoo Finance Video•2 hours agoMARKETS: Markets will move on Trump headlines today—the Fed just confused traders
Yahoo Finance's Alexis Christoforous and Jared Blikre break down the latest market action.
Yahoo Finance Video•23 hours agoNYSE trader: Fed Minutes shouldn't surprise, but traders are on edge
Alan Valdes, director of floor operations at Silverbear Capital, joins Yahoo Finance's Seana Smith from the New York Stock Exchange to discuss the latest market moves as the Federal Reserve releases the minutes from the last FOMC meeting.
