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Investment advisors recommend investors forego long-term bonds and emphasize securities that are above-average in credit quality.

Barrons.com · Aug 27, 2026

<p>T. Rowe Price is buying fixed-income ETF specialist F/m Investments, the firm behind single-bond funds like TBIL.</p>

etf.com · Aug 21, 2026

<p>US-listed ETFs took in more than $38 billion last week.</p>

etf.com · Aug 17, 2026

In my 40-plus years in this business, I’ve seen new Federal Reserve Chairmen and Chairwomen routinely tested by the market. Just look at the performance of the S&P 500 Index (^SPX) in Chairman Powell's first year. That said, I think the market narrative around Kevin Warsh is just wrong, maintains Nancy Tengler, CIO of Laffer Tengler Investments.

MoneyShow · Aug 6, 2026

Federal Reserve officials just won't listen to us! We warned them that the economy didn't need the four cuts in the federal funds rate (FFR) at the end of 2024. The Bond Vigilantes agreed with us. Now, we conclude that the Fed has to raise short-term rates to lower long-term rates, writes Ed Yardeni, editor of Yardeni QuickTakes.

MoneyShow · Jul 31, 2026

After a mixed day yesterday, stocks are under modest pressure ahead of a key monetary policy meeting. Crude oil is spiking, putting downward pressure on gold and silver, while Treasuries and the dollar are mostly flat.

MoneyShow · Jul 29, 2026

For years, Federal Reserve decisions became something of a rubber stamp, with investors focused more on the press conference than the announcement itself. Under new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, that dynamic has flipped, observes Bret Kenwell, US investment analyst at eToro US.

MoneyShow · Jul 29, 2026

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, one of Wall Street’s most venerated leaders and a man once on the shortlist of names to become Treasury Secretary, offered some straight talk on the value of U.S. debt and the impact of deficit spending this week. Dimon, who at the age of 70 is nearing the end of his two decade tenure at the helm of the world’s biggest bank but remains the market’s central conscience, told Wilfred Frost’s Master Investor Podcast that he wouldn’t be a buyer of At least not at current levels. Dimon said the government can handle the issue one of two ways, either through a bipartisan effort similar to the Simpson-Bowles Commission of 2010, proposed by President Barack Obama and led by Republican Congressman Paul Ryan, or “waiting for it to become a problem.”

Barrons.com · Jul 21, 2026

The choice between iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) and iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) looks trivial on paper. Both hold only U.S. Treasuries, both charge 0.15%, and both pay monthly. Yet since the start of 2022, TLT has lost 31.16% while IEF has slipped just 5.53%. That gap comes down to ... TLT vs. IEF: How Much Treasury Rate Risk Should You Actually Take?

24/7 Wall St. · Jul 10, 2026

In this timely MoneyShow MoneyMasters Podcast episode, Jim Bianco shares his perspective on the rapidly changing market landscape – including how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping the economy, investor expectations, and the outlook for growth.

MoneyShow · Jul 2, 2026