Monday, August 16, 2010

How Well Have Treasuries Perfomed?

Despite starting the year yielding little (3.84% for the 10 year and 4.66% for the 30 year), the chart below shows how well Treasuries have performed year to date. More specifically, what is shown is the current yield curve (in blue) and year to date returns of the various points of the yield curve (in red).



Going forward? As we know, yield wins in the long run.

Source: Barclays Capital
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2 comments:

  1. JaredAugust 16, 2010 at 8:00 PM

    at some point i think those 2 curves are going to converge, treasuries are in a massive bubble, long gold / short treasuries is the trade to put on imo

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  2. DIY InvesorAugust 18, 2010 at 4:56 AM

    Great chart. I used it and referred back to your site in my post today

    http://rwinvesting.blogspot.com/2010/08/treasury-returns-versus-maturity.html

    I think it has great info for DIY investors.

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