Oil Bottum Revisited

Trying to show the USO chart with 30-week moving average

 
 



Negative Duration--The Long and Short of It

When interest rates eventually start rising, the price of bonds will fall.  The longer the duration of the bond, the steeper the decline.  Portfolio managers are using some tools to decrease the "duration" of their portfolios.  The following link introduces this subject of negative duration and how it is possible.

Morningstar Article on Negative Duration