Shorting Long-Term Treasuries: Four Different ETF Plays

With lingering uncertainty over the outlook for the global economy, safe havens have generated a tremendous amount of interest this year. While much of the attention has focused on gold and its continued run to new record highs, it is another asset class that has stolen the show in 2010. Long-term Treasuries have climbed steadily higher during 2010, defying the predictions of many “experts” and thriving on a wave of risk aversion. The popular Barclays 20-Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLT) has gained about 17% on the year, while the Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index ETF (EDV) has added more than 23%. Now, with equity markets showing some signs of life, investors are beginning to wonder if the impressive run-up is due for a sharp reversal. Peter Schiff is just one well-known investor who thinks a huge bubble has formed under Treasuries. “The bond market is the mother of all bubbles [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Stories: ProShares Expands Treasuries Offerings Direxion Launches Leveraged Short Term Treasury ETFs (TWOL, TWOZ) Long-Term Bond ETFs: Coming Back In Style