Thread: F Fund

AGG is so 2019. Make the switch to BND.

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BND?p=BND

A relief rally in yields is pushing bond prices and the F-fund down this morning...

Bonds were overtaking the money inflow over equities and money markets in the week up to August 4th. This was the greatest money inflow in four week for U.S. bonds. Bonds had a quarter percent gain for the week going after the 4th but gave up most of the gains yesterday and gapped down further today.


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Treasury yields fall, prices climb as investors seek shelter from stock sell-off

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell 11 basis points to 2.778% at 9 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond moved 9 basis points lower to 2.983%. Yields move inversely to prices, and 1 basis point is equal to 0.01%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/19/us-b...-sell-off.html

Double top in the 10-year yield is starting to pullback - although it's early. I think at some point soon investors will start looking to bonds while stocks deal with the issues of the economy. As yields pull back, bonds and the F-fund could get a bounce.

The F-fund has rebounded some in the last month, but its trend through 2022 has been strongly negative. This Wall Street Journal article looks at how bonds performed the year following a negative year. The main point they make is the trend of the year has an impact. Although bond markets have bounced back following a negative year 79% of the time since 1793, that percentage would be closer to 85% if the trend had no impact from one year to the next.

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Bonds Are Primed for a Better 2023, but How Much Better?

Yields breaking down from the head and shoulders pattern while bonds and the F-fund make new highs...

The bond ETF BND (F-fund) has recovered more than a month of losses in less than three days.

The ETF BND is up 1.17% so far this morning.

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