Post-Labor Day trading brought solid showings by the major U.S. indexes as stocks posted decent gains during a holiday-shortened week, but September's reputation for being a volatile month for equities could be on full display this week. One of the most widely anticipated Federal Reserve meetings in recent memory is about to take place.
This much is clear: Traders' bets on the Fed raising rates are dwindling, though 10-year Treasury yields have climbed about 2.5 percent over the past month. Further confirmation of traders' reduced expectations of a September rate hike come by way of this month's exchange traded fund inflows.
Five of this month's top 10 asset-gathering ETFs are fixed income funds and four of those five ETFs are Treasury funds. That quartet includes the SPDR Barclays 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF (NYSE: BIL), the somewhat rate-sensitive iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSE: IEF) and the ultra-rate sensitive iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NYSE: TLT).
Translation: Bond ETFs will be in focus this week with longer duration fare, such ...
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