I’m 70 and weighing whether to ‘sell everything’ and put it all in Treasuries, or hire a financial adviser even though it would cost $20K a year. What should I do?

Question: I’m thinking about hiring a financial adviser. I am 70, and I’m going to stop working this year. I manage my own stocks and money but I’m worried about the market. I have not done that well ...

Treasuries Liquidity Dwindles as SVB Crisis Muddies Fed Outlook

(Bloomberg) — Liquidity in the world’s largest bond market is evaporating as the US banking crisis muddies the outlook for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. Most Read from Bloomberg Bid-ask...

Treasuries Bull Who Hit Jackpot Sees 10-Year Yield Falling to 2%

(Bloomberg) — Back in early March, Akira Takei had been positioned for Treasury yields to drop and the curve to steepen — a bet that looked like a long shot. Not anymore. Most Read from Bloomber...

SCHD ETF stock nears its death cross amid rotation to Treasuries

The Schwab US Dividend ETF (SCHD) stock price has dived in the past few weeks as investors rotate from stocks to cash and Treasuries. The fund was trading at $70.88, which was the lowest point since O...

Stocks Will Struggle to Beat 5% Treasurys, Strategists Say. And What the Heck Is ‘Out-Dexing?’

A top Wall Street forecaster told me how to beat the stock market from here: Buy a Treasury bill. I would leak the tip on Reddit, but I’m not sure how many moon rocket emojis to use. A six-month Treas...

Silicon Valley Bank’s Failure May Lead to Smaller Fed Rate Hike

The second-largest bank failure in U.S. history might help the Federal Reserve do its job of tightening credit and slowing the economy. To be sure, the sudden collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank unit ...

US Bank Troubles Hammer Stocks, Boost Treasuries: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) — Stocks tumbled and Treasuries rallied as worries about the health of the US banking system caused a sharp selloff in global markets. Most Read from Bloomberg Europe’s Stoxx 600 equ...

Apple, Berkshire, Alphabet, and Microsoft Reap Benefit of Higher Rates

Rich corporations are getting richer thanks to higher interest rates. Apple (ticker: AAPL), Alphabet (GOOG), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A), and Microsoft (MSFT) have the largest cash positions among Amer...

This Is How To Pick Treasuries For Best Returns While The Stock Market Is In Turmoil

Second Liberty Loan of 1917 Poster (Photo by Swim Ink 2, LLC/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images After a dismal 2022 ending with a weak December, the stock market came to roaring l...

Investors Stung by Treasuries Rout Brace for Next Blow From Fed

(Bloomberg) — A swift reassessment of how high the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year has rocked the bond market in recent weeks. Now, the market faces a bigger threat: the grow...

A Debt-Ceiling Fight Could Raise U.S. Borrowing Costs and Worsen Budget Deficits

Illustration by Chris Cash Text size About the authors: Arvind Krishnamurthy is the John S. Osterweis professor of finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Hanno Lustig is the school’s Miz...

Generous Bond Yields Prove There Is an Alternative to Stocks

Return with us to ancient times, when dinosaurs ruled, at least in technology terms. It was early 2007, when Blackberries were in everybody’s mitts and the first iPhone hadn’t yet gone on sale, let al...

Stocks Aren’t Falling When Bond Yields Rise. It’s a Problem.

In the post-Covid world, the stock market is supposed to go down when bond yields go up, but recently, stocks haven’t reacted much to the bond market. Something has to give.  In roughly the past month...

S&P 500 Haters Now Make Enough in Treasuries to Bid Stocks Farewell

(Bloomberg) — Surging bond yields have been rattling investors for a year. Why they’re a problem for people hooked on an asset as volatile as equities can be seen by juxtaposing stocks with some...

As bitcoin miners prep for earnings season, all eyes are on treasuries and deployments

With fourth-quarter earnings for bitcoin miners starting, industry experts are closely watching how companies plan to deploy hardware and manage their treasury going forward. 2022 was a lesson i...

Deere, Dollar Tree, and 21 More Investment Ideas From Barron’s Roundtable Pros

The “January effect,” according to market lore, is the tendency of stocks to rise in the year’s first month. So far, so good: The S&P 500 is up 6% year to date and the Nasdaq Composite has gained ...

Stocks and Bonds Are Sending Different Messages. One of Them Is Wrong.

Stocks have embraced the concept of a soft landing so far in 2023. Bonds are trading like a recession is nigh. Only one can be right. What soft landing, we can hear you say? The Dow Jones Industrial A...

Treasuries Rise, Stocks Drift on Recession Worries: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) — Treasuries rallied and equities were muted as growing signs of a global economic slowdown raised investor concern that the start-of-the-year rally in risk assets may have gone too ...

Are DAO treasuries diversified? Observing recent trends

To operate effectively and with longevity, most DAOs raise a treasury. The way that treasury is used defines the DAO: Are many members participating in the proposals and voting regarding treasury dist...

Treasuries Will Leave Europe’s Bonds in the Dust, Investors Say

(Bloomberg) — The inflation fight in Europe will drag for so long that it will tarnish the appeal of the region’s debt this year, a survey of investors shows. Most Read from Bloomberg The Europe...

MYGAs and Fixed Index Annuities Are Popular. What to Consider.

Rising rates have made annuities of all stripes more interesting investments, but two in particular are worth a hard look right now. Multi-year guaranteed annuities—MYGAs, for short—are the insurance ...

Where Are the Stock Market and Economy Headed? Barron’s Roundtable Pros Weigh In.

Bullish or bearish, our 10 panelists help make sense of increasingly complicated market dynamics. Plus: nine stock picks. Jan. 13, 2023 8:40 pm ET The optimist sees bubbles and thinks champagne. The p...

When The Gold Dust Settled

UNITED STATES – APRIL 23: Gold dust on the scales, Klondike, Alaskan gold rush, Alaska, United … [+] States of America. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images) De Agostini via Getty Images With...

Ondo brings US treasuries & Institutional-Grade Bonds On-Chain

Ondo Finance recently announced tokenized US treasuries and bonds on Twitter. The latest tweets by Nathan Allman talk about helping stablecoin users invest in US Treasuries. The platform will facilita...

Ondo Finance unveils on-chain US treasuries

Decentralized investment platform, Ondo Finance, announced the launch of a tokenized fund, that will allow stablecoin holders to invest in US Treasuries and bonds. Ondo Finance UST products The DeFi m...

Ondo Finance launches three tokenized U.S. Treasuries and bonds

Ondo Finance, a DeFi firm offering decentralized investment opportunities, has launched tokenized versions of U.S. treasuries and bonds.  These tokenized products let stablecoin holders invest i...

Circle invests 30% of its USDC reserves in US treasuries through a reserve fund

According to a disclosure page published by BlackRock, Circle has invested 30% of its USD reserves in the US Treasury via Circle Reserve Fund, which is managed by BlackRock. The value of the fund inve...

Circle invests $13b, or 30% of USDC reserves, in US treasuries

BlackRock’s disclosure page reveals Circle has put 30% of its USDC reserves, equivalent to approximately $13b, on the money market fund. Circle advances on stablecoin transparency.  Stablecoin USDC is...

The 12 Best Income Investments for 2023, According to Barron’s

While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...

The Best Income Investing Ideas for 2023

While it might not be a feast now for income-oriented investors, it’s a lot better than the famine that prevailed for much of the past decade. Yields on a range of bond and bond-related investments ro...

I Changed My Investment Strategy This Year and Prepared for How It Went

Barron’s Staff Illustration Text size In recent weeks, I’ve gone from passive investor to a sort of living room corporate treasurer, scrounging for ways to boost the yields of my portfolio by a few ba...

Stocks Could Return About 10% in 2023—But First, They’re Going to Fall

For U.S. investors, 2023 could seem like two years wrapped in one, with the stock market first falling in anticipation of a recession, only to rebound as the outlook improves toward 2024. The one cons...