$TLT Monthly Uptrend Signaled for 16 MonthsThe simple trend-following and trend-timing and trend-targeting method I call "Time@Mode" is generating a new signal as of this week.
The signal is created when the range this month is up by more than last month's range, which is called a "Range Expansion Month".
The mode becomes the measuring lau
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About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
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Inception date
Jul 22, 2002
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
ISIN
US4642874329
While taking a different approach from our benchmark, TLT effectively captures the far end of the Treasury curve in a liquid package. Exclusively holding bonds with 20+ years to maturity, TLT isby designvery sensitive to long-term interest-rate movements. The fund has higher duration than our benchmark, which holds bonds in the 10- to 30-year range. The fund changed its underlying index from the Barclays US 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index to the ICE US Treasury 20+ Year Index on March 31, 2016. This change did not alter the fund's exposure in a meaningful way. TLT is a great choice for investors who want long-term Treasury exposure.
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TLT weekly bullish engulfing amid increasing unemployment reportBullish argument:
Double monthly volume spike at approx 85$ support level
Weekly double bottom
Friday daily pump amid increasing unemployment rate report
Closed weekly bullish engulfing or bullish three line strike signaling beginning of a potential uptrend
Bearish arguments:
Bonds are known to mov
Opening (IRA): TLT Sept 19th 83 Short Put... for an .88 credit.
Comments: Camping out with a strike slightly below the 52-week low, where the options contract is paying a smidge more than 1% of the strike price in credit.
I don't really need more TLT, but wouldn't mind being assigned more at a lower price than the stock element of my co
Rates Coming Down?TLT could be a great trade here. I'm seeing signs that the low could be in. The RSI is coiling up and piercing the downtrend. We are also climbing above the 21 Week Moving average, which is has been firm resistance since the rate hiking cycle.
Bond yields are tanking, employment is weakening, pres
TLT LongThe broader market structure on the TLT 1D chart shows a clear downtrend, followed by a Change of Character (CHoCH) when price broke above the lower high near $86.50, signaling a potential trend reversal. This CHoCH is further validated by a strong push off the demand zone around $83–$84, where buye
TLT short - warning signs from JapanTLT is making 20-day lows (red candles in the main chart), while continuing to make 20-week lows on a weekly chart (not shown). Meanwhile, looking at a proxy of net buying/selling (bottom panel), we have flipped from buying to selling.
Looking at Japanese bond yields, 10-year JGBs (JP10Y) just brok
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
TLT assets under management is 48.52 B USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
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TLT invests in bonds. See more details in our Analysis section.
TLT expense ratio is 0.15%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, TLT isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
Yes, TLT pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.72%.
TLT shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc.
TLT follows the US Treasury 20+ Year Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Jul 22, 2002.
The fund's management style is passive, meaning it's aiming to replicate the performance of the underlying index by holding assets in the same proportions as the index. The goal is to match the index's returns.