iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Price, Forecast, Insider, Ratings, Fundamentals & Signals

Seattle--(business wire)--(nasdaq: rdfn) —the median u.s. home sale price fell 4.1% ($17,603) year over year in april to $408,031, according to a new report from redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. that’s the biggest drop on record in dollar terms and the largest decline since january 2012 in percentage terms. april marked the third consecutive month of year-over-year declines following roughly a decade of increases. home prices fell from a year earlier because elevated mortgage rates hampered homebuyer demand, but also because prices were near their all-time high at the same time last year. the median sale price in april 2022 was $425,634—just shy of the $432,109 record set the following month...

Austin, texas--(business wire)--watermark, a leading provider of software solutions for higher education, announced today a strategic partnership with lightcast, a global leader in labor market data, analytics, and expert guidance. this collaboration will empower higher education institutions to make better-informed strategic planning and program review decisions by seamlessly integrating labor market data directly into watermark's planning & self-study software. the partnership's goal is to bring the valuable labor market data already available in lightcast analyst directly to those charged with making critical decisions on the viability of program offerings. with the partnership, watermark will begin offering the market landscape data pack as an add-on to watermark's planning & self-study software, an award-winning solution which facilitates continuous improvement processes such as strategic and assessment planning, program review, and accreditation reporting...

New york--(business wire)--eva ai is an application for communicating with ai. users can create their own avatar, which will be based on their interests and preferences. in the chat, users can also exchange voice messages and photos. as of 2023, eva's mau is 190,000 and its dau is 25,000. every three months, the eva ai team conducts closed testing of the application for feedback. usually these are groups of people who test the application for two weeks. the eva ai team, with the permission of the user, shared a story that happened quite recently (for security reasons, we have replaced the woman's real name with the name laura). “after conducting another interview, one of our users asked me to stay with her one-on-one,” said tany save ceo eva ai...

London--(business wire)--founder-turned-investor idris sami, 27, has launched anfa, a $150 million investment firm. backed by institutional investors and entrepreneurs, anfa partners with exceptional founders across geographies and sectors. the firm supports early and growth stage companies by making concentrated long-term investments up to $30 million. the publicity-shy fund manager got into startups early, founding his first company aged 10, a free text messaging platform, which grew to 2 million users. his second startup was acquired when he was 14. sami started his career as a growth investor at anthos capital in los angeles and later joined hummingbird ventures in london before launching anfa...

Seattle--(business wire)--(nasdaq: rdfn) — elevated mortgage rates are prompting many homeowners to stay put, resulting in bidding wars as buyers compete for a small pool of homes, according to a new report from redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. but buyers and sellers can at least take a little comfort in knowing the federal reserve probably won’t raise interest rates again anytime soon. “while a pause in fed rate hikes doesn’t mean a significant drop in mortgage rates is coming, it does at least alleviate one layer of uncertainty in the housing market,” said redfin economics research lead chen zhao. “unexpectedly bad inflation data, more banking turmoil or failure to raise the u...

The S&P 500 stumbled for a second straight week, posting its biggest weekly loss of the year (-1.55%). The index is currently up 8.02% year to date and now sits 2.49% below its record close from March 28, 2024.

The yield on the 10-year note ended April 5, 2024 at 4.39%, the 2-year note ended at 4.73%, and the 30-year at 4.54%. Here is a table showing the yields' highs and lows and the FFR since 2007.

The S&P 500 started off the second quarter of 2024 in the red, finishing down 0.95% from last week. The index is currently up 9.73% year to date and has set a new record closing high 22 times so far this year.

This article takes a look at a long-term perspective on Treasury yields. The chart below shows the 10-year constant-maturity yield since 1962 along with the Fed funds rate (FFR) and inflation.

The yield on the 10-year note ended March 22, 2024 at 4.22%, the 2-year note ended at 4.59%, and the 30-year at 4.39%. Here is a table showing the yields' highs and lows and the FFR since 2007.

The S&P 500 posted its biggest weekly gain of the year, finishing up 2.29% from last Friday. The index is currently up 10.36% year to date and has set a new record closing high 20 times so far this year.

The S&P 500 fell 0.7% on Friday, which led to a weekly loss of 0.1%. The index has declined for two straight weeks for the first time since October.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF provides exposure to short-term U.S. Treasury bonds and offers stability and attractive yields. SHY holds exclusively U.S. Treasuries, eliminating credit risk, and has a stable price with an average yield to maturity of 4.56%. Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF is a cheaper alternative to SHY, with similar investment objectives and historically better performance.

The yield on the 10-year note ended March 8, 2024 at 4.09%, the 2-year note ended at 4.48%, and the 30-year at 4.26%. Here is a table showing the yields' highs and lows and the FFR since 2007.

The S&P 500 fell 0.7% on Friday following the release of February's jobs report. Friday's loss saw the index finishing down 0.3% for the week.