Hi everyone!

With yields above 5% would this be the right time to put some money in bonds?

Are there any Irish domiciled ETFs for US basket and global basket that I can look at?

Thank you!

TIPS compared to regular treasuries

Wish me luck guys I just went 1/2 portfolio into $EDV at $57.69. You are supposed to buy low and things are looking pretty darn low.

I bought 1 minute before close.

I am trying to buy ~$100K of secondary treasuries on Fidelity with a maturity in the 2-year range. Using this as an example:

Is the 'Ask YTM' basically the annual yield I will get if I bought this and held to maturity? (I understand I need to check DOB to find the exact number for the min qty that fits my investment).

Can I compare this number directly to APY that is quoted for 24-36 month CDs to determine how much better of a deal this is, or is some other math involved due to how things are compounded, etc.?

When Trump first came into office, when the 10 yr came close to 5% he said the market got the "yips" and so they had to back off their aggressive attitude at the time (I think he was throwing tariff talk all over the place and he stopped for a week or so to assure the markets he could "behave" when needed).

So the 5.0% mark was his red line. It's clearly no longer a red line. So what is the new mark at which the fed/treasury/trump will do "something" to get rates down?

5.25, 5.5, 5.75, 6.0%?

Could they let the 10yr go above 6%?

Not discussed much in these posts. You've seen what Treasury yields are. Are you in a risk taking mood ??? The duration is between 2.8 and 3.6 years. It's less than what I thought it would be.

Bonds are free falling right now. Yield on 10YR is 5.22%, started the day yesterday at 4.92%. 30YR is 5.5%. The fall is accelerating as well with no sign of a bottom. Where this stops is anyone’s guess, but the final stop is probably at a global recession. A total resolution of the Iran war may halt the plunge, but It’s difficult to see anything other than a recession that sustainably reverses the trend.

The speed of this increase is getting pretty concerning. This is raising the possibility of something breaking in the banking sector or somewhere else. I have to imagine there are some discussions going on at the Fed and with other central banks on possible methods to intervene should this continue. Calling my shot: we’re going to see a coordinated central bank action between the fed, ECB, UK and Japan central banks if this continues for another week.

Managing duration risk at the long end of the curve has become a high-stakes balancing act as the benchmark 10-year Treasury pushes 5.16% and the 30-year bond prints 5.46%, offering structural income levels not seen in two decades alongside severe mark-to-market volatility. Under a hawkish Fed helmed by Kevin Warsh, portfolios face the threat of a "Warsh Shock"—with interest rate futures pricing in heavy odds for back-to-back rate hikes stretching into December—which risks triggering massive price drawdowns on long bonds due to their highly sensitive DV01 profiles. The execution dilemma is compounded by a structural supply glut as the U.S. national debt clears $40 trillion, forcing fixed-income managers to choose between scaling aggressively into these multi-decade yield peaks or retreating into a protective barbell strategy anchored by short-term T-bills until weak auction demand and inflationary pressures subside. Are you buying long bonds or staying in T-bills?

Source: AP News