IEF's Monthly Payouts Have Risen for Four Years Even as Treasury ETF Trades Near 52-Week Lows
IEF's monthly distributions have grown for four straight years even as the bond ETF's price languishes near 52-week lows, a divergence rooted in how…
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Treasury and sovereign yields, bond ETF payouts, and exchange-traded baby bonds trading away from par.
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Brighthouse Financial Baby Bond BHFAL Trades Near 40% Below Par After Stock's Earnings Slide
Brighthouse Financial's BHFAL baby bond trades roughly 39% below its $25 par value with a 10.58% yield-to-worst, a gap that widened after BHF stock dropped more than 13% following a second-quarter earnings miss.
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Algonquin Power's Floating-Rate Baby Bond AQNB Trades Above Par Despite Being Callable
Algonquin Power's 6.20% baby bond AQNB trades near $26.22, a premium to its $25 par value, even though the note has been callable and floating-rate since July 2024, an unusual pattern for the sector.
Aegon Funding's AEFC Baby Bond Trades 28% Below Par With 7.11% Current Yield
AEFC, a 5.10% baby bond from Aegon Funding Company LLC, trades near $17.93, a 28% discount to its $25 par value, producing a 7.11% current yield and…
Air T's 8% Baby Bond Trades at Steep Discount as Rex Engine Supply Issues Persist
Air T Inc's exchange-traded 8% baby bond AIRTP trades near $18.75, a 25% discount to its $25 par value, yielding 10.67% currently and 11.01% to…
Russia's 10-Year Yield Climbs to 16.18% as War-Economy Pressures Mount
Russia's 10-year government bond yield has risen to 16.18%, up 2.88 percentage points year-over-year, as Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries, a…
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10-Year Treasury Yield Rises to 4.74% as Debt Tops $40 Trillion, Bessent Weighs Intervention
The US 10-year Treasury yield edged up to 4.74% as national debt surpassed $40 trillion. Prediction-market bettors doubt Bessent's planned intervention will push yields lower in 2026.
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Options Traders Bet 2026 Bond Rout Is Over as Druckenmiller Warns Bessent on Treasury Meddling
Options markets show large bets that the bond selloff is ending just as Stanley Druckenmiller publicly warns Treasury Secretary Bessent against interfering with Treasury yields, a tension income investors are watching closely.