As interest rates rise, cash proxies are becoming more attractive to retirement and income investors.
As a result, several Wall Street firms are cutting or questioning their year-end forecasts.
When inflation rises, so too does interest in Treasury inflation protected securities.
The U.S. plans to issue a new two-month bill later in 2018.
“It’s a big psychological level that has held for quite some time," one strategist said.
Only 14 U.S. debt funds were managed exclusively by women as of September 2017, despite their outperformance.
Dollar Libor and Treasury bill rates are the highest since 2008.
One worrisome thing for bond investors that’s contributing to higher volatility is the unknown: new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.
The U.S. will have to borrow more than $1 trillion this year under Trump's budget.
Government debt sales are set to more than double in 2018, lifting net issuance to $1.3 trillion.