Merrill over Matter

The recent drop in long term yields is impressive and historic.  While the 30 year treasury yield has backed up a bit it is still very low, ...

More than a year ago I highlighted a new twist on bond etfs called the end date bond etf.  Since then Ishare's end date muni etfs have ...

One year ago I stated it would be a good time to refinance your home.  Once again the opportunity presents itself. The 30 year conventional...

Talk of a bubble in long term treasury rates has been careening around the financial markets for a while now and considering the rate on the...

edit: I have a followup post to end date etf's here Finally.  This is an ETF I've personally asked ETF complexes to create.  My pr...

Long term interest rates in the form of the etf TLT (20+ year U.S. Treasury bonds) is at an interesting jucture. As you can see from these c...