VGIT / Shutdown Averted! Now Buy Some Treasuries

Investors are pumping cash into fixed income exchange traded funds, particularly into Treasury ETFs. In fact, they've put more than twice the amount o more_horizontal

On Friday, many considered a government shutdown to be inevitable. But late Saturday night, Congress surprised everyone by getting its act together an more_horizontal

U.S. Treasuries are offering significant yields for the first time in more than a decade. In fact, the 10-year Treasury yield is the highest it's been more_horizontal

The two-year Treasuries yield reached 4.973% after the Labor Department released its latest inflation figures. Meanwhile, the yield on the benchmark 1 more_horizontal

Vanguard has forecasted that inflation will remain sticky, so the U.S. central bank will continue raising rates. But the investment giant also estimat more_horizontal

Nonfarm payrolls rose by 187,000 in August, slightly beating expectations, but with downward revisions for the previous two months. Unemployment rate more_horizontal

Sticky and stubborn inflation could keep yields elevated for some time, but as the Federal Reserve continues to tamp down inflation, fixed income inve more_horizontal

Bonds were in rough shape last year. But now, as everyone is saying, bonds are back. more_horizontal