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Bonds are paying the best yields in years and still dragging portfolios into the red, leaving investors scrambling for a defensive asset that actually defends. A growing group of Wall Street managers thinks the answer involves shorting Treasuries outright.

U.S. bond yields are rising, providing an increasingly attractive alternative to pricey stocks. Trump's unorthodox policy may be causing this trend to accelerate.

Many investors are turning to inflation-linked bonds amid concerns over rising prices. TIPS are offering high yields, but investors need to keep an eye on total returns.

When inflation surged above 9% in 2022, one of the most popular TIPS ETFs still lost money for its investors, and the reason has nothing to do with how TIPS work.

The global competition for capital remains the key dynamic keeping yields elevated. Notably, all of the September increase in 10-year Treasury yields came from real yields, as implied by the TIPS market.

Japan, Europe, and the U.S. were feeling the fallout from France, where yields on its benchmark 10-year note climbed closer to 5%, the highest since 2002.

Investor sentiment and credit markets suggest defensive positioning is at levels not seen in years. Popular safe-haven assets come with a hidden cost that could hurt investors if the bearish signals prove wrong. 2 covered call ETFs that I discuss in this article offer a compelling middle ground between high income and downside resilience.

BND has lost ground in price for five years straight, yet something has quietly shifted inside the fund that changes what the next five years could look like for anyone holding it today.

The long-run return forecast for the Global Market Index continued to edge higher in September. Fueled by a decline in financial markets last month, GMI's projected return increased for a fifth straight month.

Supply chains that transform crude into fuel are still under siege, and that is keeping prices high—helping drive a brutal bond selloff.