Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Not All Bonds are the Same

The (overrated) bond sell-off took a breather today, perhaps rallying on news that iron ore demand from China was waning.

Regardless of the whether or not the sell-off is just noise (my guess until proven otherwise) or the reversing of what has been a 30 year trend, it's important to remember that not all bonds are the same.

In the face of the "huge" 2.1% Treasury sell-off (kidding) since the Treasury index hit its all-time high on January 31st (yes, all this news of a Treasury sell-off is when the index is 2.1% off its all-time high), we can see that quite a few sectors actually have positive performance over that time.


Source: Barclays Capital

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