Wall Street Is Quietly Burying the 60/40 Portfolio. Here Is What Is Replacing Your Bonds.
Bonds are paying the best yields in years and still dragging portfolios into the red, leaving investors scrambling for a defensive asset that actually defends. A growing group of Wall Street managers thinks the answer involves shorting Treasuries outright.
Tradeweb Exchange-Traded Funds Update - September 2026
Trading activity on the Tradeweb European ETF marketplace reached EUR 69 billion in September, the second-highest level recorded for the month. Six of the ten most actively traded ETFs in September were equity-based, with two gold ETCs and two short-dated fixed income funds making up the remainder. Total consolidated U.S. ETF notional value traded in September reached USD 122 billion, up 52% year-over-year.
Bond Valuations Reflect Higher Hurdle for Capital
The global competition for capital remains the key dynamic keeping yields elevated. Notably, all of the September increase in 10-year Treasury yields came from real yields, as implied by the TIPS market.
AGG: Looking Attractive, But More Downside Is Possible
I am considering initiating a position in iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF due to rising yields and an attractive 4.2% dividend yield. AGG offers portfolio diversification and relative stability versus income stocks but faces near-term downside risk if bond yields continue rising. Current fiscal and geopolitical instability, persistent inflation, and high interest rates suggest waiting before entering AGG, with incremental buying planned if prices decline.
Asia stocks surge as Fed hike bets fade: can the rally survive 5% yields
Asian market opened the week firmer on Monday as a sharp slowdown in US hiring pushed investors towards a Federal Reserve pause this month, giving rate-sensitive technology stocks room to rebound. Japan led the advance, with the Nikkei 225 jumping 2.5% above 70,000 to a three-month high, while Taiwan's Taiex gained about 2.6%.
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The Bond Rout Is Deepening Even as Oil Tankers Return to the Strait of Hormuz
Supply chains that transform crude into fuel are still under siege, and that is keeping prices high—helping drive a brutal bond selloff.
The 10-Year Yield Hasn't Had a Quarter This Ugly in Over 3 Decades
For Treasury investors, there's no other way to describe the past three months other than brutal.
Long-Term Treasury Yields Push Higher Despite Decline in Oil Prices
Plus, two-year Treasury yield falls as Fed official signals patience.
The 10-Year Yield Is 2 Basis Points From Its 2007 Peak. One More Push Takes It Back to 2002
Treasury yields are closing in on levels not seen since the early 2000s, and four converging forces suggest the pressure on mortgages, stock multiples, and your portfolio is far from over.
Inside IG Bond ETFs: The Hidden AI Bet
Retail investors buy corporate bond ETFs expecting steady coupons and ballast against stock market volatility. Traditionally, fixed-income portfolios were anchored by defensive issuers like banks, industrials and utilities.
Battered bond market braces for a new era of interest rates
The world's biggest sovereign bond markets are heading for their worst month in years as soaring energy costs fan inflation and the AI boom lifts economic growth, leaving investors positioning for an era where interest rates stay higher for longer.
