Treasuries

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is publicly criticizing Fitch’s decision to downgrade the United States’ credit rating, a move that led to a significant drop in stock prices on Wednesday. The downgrade was deemed “entirely unwarranted” by Yellen. Yellen, during a...

The U.S. Treasury’s interest expenditures are approaching a whopping $1 trillion, equating to a hefty 4% of the nation’s economy and even surpassing Tesla‘s entire market valuation. These findings are based on the most recent Bureau of Economic Analysis data, which shed light on...

The cost of managing U.S. government debt has seen a significant rise of 25% in the first nine months of the fiscal year, hitting $652 billion and consequently exacerbating the federal deficit. The federal deficit reached a staggering $1.39 trillion for the nine months through June, according to...

Back in March 2022, the Federal Reserve embarked on an unprecedented interest rate hiking cycle, aiming to quell a four-decade inflation surge. After 15 months of relentless interest-rate tightening, the U.S. central bank finds itself at a critical juncture. Will it simply hit the pause button,...

Peter Schiff, chief economist and global strategist at Euro Pacific Capital said investors are wrong to think U.S. Treasuries will provide a safe haven in current times and has warned they do not understand the real issue. "If you’re hiding out in Treasuries because you’re worried about...

Tumbling Treasury yields and a sanguine interest rate environment have reinvigorated investors' thirst for high-yield sectors and asset classes. While now appears to be the time to be embracing high dividend stocks and the relevant exchange-traded funds, investors may want to consider a...

Everyone seems to have a Top 10 list, so here's this week's Top 8 reasons why traders be a little nervous about stocks at these levels. 1. Low volume: Lowest four volume days of the year for the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) have occurred in the past 10 trading days. 2. Low VIX: Even with...

Despite weak economic data, markets rallied this afternoon pushing the major indexes (except the Dow) positive for the week. Major Averages The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell a gained 46.62 points, or 0.31 percent, to 15,010.36. The S&P 500 gained around 6.51 points, or 0.39 percent...

Managing China's first mutual fund and other global investments, Aaron Boesky is an expert on understanding how the United States debt functions in the world.  What is Debt He began explaining how people are commonly confused by the United States’ debt, “The debt isn’t debt. The debt is...