There were no rate cuts for much of 2025. Then, in September 2025, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a ...

Treasury bonds are government securities that pay a fixed interest rate every six months. A Treasury bond’s coupon rate – or interest paid – stays fixed for the life of the bond, but the bond’s price ...

A zero coupon US Treasury bond ladder is the core of my risk-managed, all-weather portfolio, offering predictable long-term returns and stability. Current long-term ...

The U.S. Treasury Department, which oversees federal borrowing and manages the nation's debt, recently posted on X highlighting that U.S. Treasurys are on pace for their strongest year since 2020.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would imminently start buying short-dated government bonds to help manage market ...

Prices typically peak in the late fall and bottom out in the spring Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell rattled the bond market, but investors have a reason to be optimistic. Positive year-end ...

AGG ETF tracks the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, offering wide U.S. bond market exposure. It includes diverse bonds and uses sampling to emulate the index's performance. AGG has a low expense ...

Beta reflects price volatility compared to the S&P 500. VGLT looks more affordable with a much lower expense ratio, and it edges out TLT with a slightly higher yield (4.4% vs. 4.3%, based on the most ...

Despite reassuring bond returns lately, troubles abound in what was once a sleepy haven for risk-averse investors. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, finance and ...