Forget AGG in Retirement. MUB Does the Same Job With a Smaller Tax Bill
Most retirees holding bonds in a taxable brokerage account default to the same broad bond ETF they've always used, but that habit quietly hands a chunk of their income back to the IRS every single year.
ETF Prime: Record Inflows and the First TXSE ETF Launch
Record ETF inflows and a historic exchange debut were the focus on this week's ETF Prime. Host Nate Geraci welcomed Todd Rosenbluth, head of research at VettaFi, followed by Brian Casey, CEO of Westwood Holdings Group.
KOSPI vs Nikkei: Asia's AI trade fractures ahead of Fed and BOJ decisions
Asian stocks diverged on Tuesday as South Korea's KOSPI struggled to shake off pressure on semiconductor shares while Japan's Nikkei 225 recovered, leaving the region's two most AI-sensitive markets moving in opposite directions ahead of key US and Japanese rate decisions. The KOSPI fell as much as 0.76% in early Seoul trading before paring most of the decline, extending a difficult stretch after Monday's sharp technology sell-off.
US 10-year Treasury yield briefly surges past 5% on sky-high diesel prices
The US 10-year Treasury yield on Monday briefly surged past 5% for the first time since 2023, driven by rising diesel prices, in a rally that could see borrowing costs balloon for mortgages and auto loans.
Oil nears $110, yields near 5%: can KOSPI and Nikkei avoid a deeper rout?
South Korea's KOSPI and Japan's Nikkei 225 led a broad Asian selloff on Friday as oil surged above $108 a barrel and US bond yields moved dangerously close to 5%, reviving concerns that inflation could force central banks to tighten further. The KOSPI dropped more than 2.5%, extending Thursday's weakness, while the Nikkei 225 tumbled about 2.8%.
Stock Market Today: Bond Yields and Oil Edge Higher
Brent crude stays above $100, S&P futures climb
KOSPI loses 7,000 in 24 hours as oil and yields hammer Korean stocks
South Korean stocks fell sharply on Thursday as Brent crude held above $100 a barrel, pushing the KOSPI back below the 7,000 mark just a day after it reclaimed the level for the first time in more than a month. The benchmark was down 1.28% at 6,961.23 by late morning in Seoul.
Treasury Dept. Announces $6B Buyback; 10-Year Yield Surges Amid Market Uncertainty
The yield on the 10-year Treasury was rising Wednesday after the Treasury Department announced it would buy back $6 billion in bonds, an effort it undertook to ease the market's recent wobbles.
“Being Too Prudent Is Actually Reckless”: Cramer as the Safe Bond Fund Loses Money Over 5 Years
Mad Money host Jim Cramer argues that ultra-conservative bond allocations have quietly punished patient savers over the past half decade.
How Concentration and Duration Risk Redefined the Benchmark
The indexes most investors use to track the markets don't look the way they did just five years ago.
August Job Gains Blew Past Estimates. Here's What It Means for the Fed.
The Fed is likely to be less concerned that a rate hike will damage the labor market.
Treasury Yields Hit 19-Month High—As Inflation And Rate-Hike Fears Climb
The bond selloff comes as investors were already reassessing inflation risks and government borrowing as renewed military escalations between the U.S. and Iran sparked a new surge in oil prices, with crude rising to $92 a barrel on Tuesday after two Saudi oil tanks were struck in the Strait of Hormuz. The strait handled around 20 million barrels of crude oil per day before the war, and while the U.S. says between 8 million and 9 million barrels are now exported daily, other tracking firms and analysts believe the number is between 2 million and 6 million.
