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UnBiasedTrading (TM)
3 hrs ago
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Once again US Treasuries weakened off this afternoon, and TLT closed lower. This might be an early trigger. But if so, it still needs followthrough down. And also, increased volume along with more movement down. Together those would look like...
MarketWatch
Jan 26
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If the chances of new tax cuts are so slim, then do triple-A rated municipal bonds currently yield about the same as Treasurys of comparable maturities?
Gold Stocks Today
Jan 15
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When we last looked at longer term Treasury yields, I stated that longer term Treasury yields were likely to undergo a secular trend change from down to up, but I had reservations because significant resistance was overhead, sentiment was too...
Wall Street Journal
Jan 15
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As the U.S. stock market works through its worst day of the new year, bond yields have fallen to the lowest levels since late December.
Fund my Mutual Fund
Jan 14
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We had extremely fortunate timing on Monday's cover of iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) as the $88.90 price seems to be almost the exact bottom this week.
I am going to cover here, and see if there can be an oversold bounce in...
Fund my Mutual Fund
Jan 11
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The short of iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) is our one remaining true short of any size but with the distress in the issue the past few weeks I am going to cover here, and see if there can be an oversold bounce in the next week to...
Red Hot Energy and Gold - Global Wealth Report
Dec 22
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These charts pretty much speak for themselves. First, let's take a look at how Best Buy [[BBY]] is doing. After all, Christmas is when it makes it's money, right?
Well, that look pretty bad. Now, let's check out long-dated Treasuries,...
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UnBiasedTrading (TM)
Dec 1
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US Treasury bond prices rose instead of downtrending - so it looks like they are resuming their prior uptrend. Last week I tweeted about dumping my TBT because TLT was moving back over its 50-day MA. That suggests that these bonds will still...
UnBiasedTrading (TM)
Oct 27
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The Nasdaq's substantial underperformance today goes along with the likelihood that the equities rally crested out last week. Below is a chart of the QQQQ. There's a common idea that Nasdaq strength shows the kind of "animal spirits" when...
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IShares Barclays 20 Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT)
Overview
The iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund seeks to approximate the total rate of return of the long-term sector of the United States Treasury market as defined by the Barclays Capital U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index.
Fund Information
- Fund Manager: iShares [2]
- Inception Date: 07/22/2002
- Average Maturity: 27.22 years
- Exchange: NYSE Arca
- Ticker: TLT
- Expense Ratio: 0.15%
- ETF Page[3]
Top Holdings
| % of Fund | Name | Coupon | Maturity | Ratings (Moody\'s/S&P) |
| 17.68% | TREASURY BOND | 4.25 | 5/15/2039 | TSY /TSY |
| 11.89% | TREASURY BOND | 4.50 | 2/15/2036 | TSY /TSY |
| 10.82% | TREASURY BOND | 3.50 | 2/15/2039 | TSY /TSY |
| 10.63% | TREASURY BOND | 4.50 | 5/15/2038 | TSY /TSY |
| 9.15% | TREASURY BOND | 4.50 | 8/15/2039 | TSY /TSY |
| 8.55% | TREASURY BOND | 6.25 | 5/15/2030 | TSY /TSY |
| 7.76% | TREASURY BOND | 5.38 | 2/15/2031 | TSY /TSY |
| 7.68% | TREASURY BOND | 5.00 | 5/15/2037 | TSY /TSY |
| 7.51% | TREASURY BOND | 4.38 | 2/15/2038 | TSY /TSY |
| 7.04% | TREASURY BOND | 4.75 | 2/15/2037 | TSY /TSY |
As of 10/19/2009
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| ETF Name | ETF Name | Fund Manager |
| ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TBT) | ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TBT) | ProShares ETFs |
| Ameristock/Ryan 1 Year Treasury ETF (GKA) | Ameristock/Ryan 1 Year Treasury ETF (GKA) | Ameristock Funds |
| Ameristock/Ryan 10 Year Treasury ETF (GKD) | Ameristock/Ryan 10 Year Treasury ETF (GKD) | Ameristock Funds |
| Ameristock/Ryan 2 Year Treasury ETF (GKB) | Ameristock/Ryan 2 Year Treasury ETF (GKB) | Ameristock Funds |
| Ameristock/Ryan 20 Year Treasury ETF (GKE) | Ameristock/Ryan 20 Year Treasury ETF (GKE) | Ameristock Funds |
| Ameristock/Ryan 5 Year Treasury ETF (GKC) | Ameristock/Ryan 5 Year Treasury ETF (GKC) | Ameristock Funds |
| Ext Duration Treasury ETF (EDV) | Ext Duration Treasury ETF (EDV) | Vanguard Group Inc |
| iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund (SHY) | iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Fund (SHY) | iShares |
| iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) | iShares Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) | iShares |
| iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF) | iShares Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEF) | iShares |
| ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TBT) | ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TBT) | ProShares ETF |
| ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (PST) | ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (PST) | ProShares ETF |
References
- ↑ IShares Barclays 20 Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT)
- ↑ iShares ETF
- ↑ IShares Barclays 20 Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT)
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