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» allancoleman - GNMAs up at the close today

As expected , the nav prices of our favorite Vanguard GNMA funds ( VFIIX & VFIJX ) closed up to $10.44 a share today .

Observations :

VFIJX = 2.64% ytd with a 4.84% yield
VBTLX = 2.37% ytd with a 4.51% yield
VWEAX = 2.16% ytd with a 8.16% yield and closed unchanged today
VMMXX = 1.30% ytd with a 2.38% yield
VMSXX = 0.99% ytd with a 2.06% yield

Stock markets finished lower today .

-- posted by allancoleman

» allancoleman - Yields

All yields I track declined overnite :

VFIJX declined to 4.82%
VBTLX declined to 4.50%
VMMXX declined to 3.37% a new low
VMSXX declined to 2.00%
VWEAX declined to 8.15% making my combined average weighted yield between this and my GNMAs at 5.75%

-- posted by allancoleman

» allancoleman - GNMAs down at the close today ? ?

With the ten year treasury yield trading higher at this moment probably because weak hands money is moving back into stocks as the indexes trade higher , we could expect to give back some of our recent nav price appreciation .

-- posted by allancoleman

» allancoleman - GNMAs down at the close today

As expected , the nav prices of our favorite Vanguard GNMA funds ( VFIIX & VFIJX ) declined to $10.42 at the close today .

Observations :

VFIJX = 2.46% ytd with a 4.82% yield
VBTLX = 2.18% ytd with a 4.50% yield
VMMXX = 1.31% ytd with a 2.37% yield
VMSXX = 0.99% ytd with a 2.00% yield
VWEAX = 2.00% ytd with a 8.15% yield and the nav price declined to $5.84

-- posted by allancoleman

» allancoleman - Yields

All the yields I track changed overnite :

VFIJX increased to 4.83%
VBTLX increased to 4.51%
VMMXX decreased again to a new low of 2.36%
VMSXX decreased again to 1.96%
VWEAX increased to 8.17% making my new combined average weighted yield between this fund and my GNMAs at 5.7652% .

-- posted by allancoleman

» allancoleman - GNMAs down at the close today ? ?

With the ten year treasury yield trading higher again in the early going in the bond market this morning , expect the nav prices of our favorite Vanguard GNMAs to close lower again today .

-- posted by allancoleman

» allancoleman - GNMAs down at the close today ? ?

If this ten year treasury yield closes as high as it is right now , we could definitely get quite a drop in the nav price of our favorite Vanguard GNMAs at the close today . For those who hold GNMAs already and aren't interested in selling , it doesn't matter cause we'll still collect the dividend guaranteed by the federal government printing presses at the end of every month .

-- posted by allancoleman

» allancoleman - GNMAs down at the close today

As expected , the nav prices of our favorite Vanguard GNMA funds ( VFIIX & VFIJX ) closed down to $10.37 today .

Observations :

VFIJX = 1.98% ytd with a 4.83% yield
VBTLX = 1.69% ytd with a 4.51% yield
VMMXX = 1.31% ytd with a 2.36% yield
VMSXX = 1.00% ytd with a 1.96% yield
VWEAX = 1.68% ytd with a 8.17% yield and closed down at $5.82

Stock markets closed flat overall .

-- posted by allancoleman

» allancoleman - Yields

Once again , all yields on the funds I track changed overnite :

VFIJX increased to 4.86%
VBTLX increased to 4.53%
VMMXX decreased again to 2.35%
VMSXX decreased again to 1.94%
VWEAX increased to 8.20% making my combined average weighted yield between this fund and my GNMAs at 5.795% .

-- posted by allancoleman

» allancoleman - GNMAs up at the close today ? ?

Although it's still early in the trading day in the bond market , as traders think about exiting early for the holiday , the ten year treasury yield is lower this morning . This usually results in the nav prices of our favorite Vanguard GNMA funds ( VFIIX & VFIJX ) closing higher possibily giving back some of the price declines from yesterday . However we should easily stay withing the GNMA nav price ranges established so far this year of $10.25 for the bottom and $10.55 for the top as we continue to collect our dividend guaranteed by the printing presses of the federal government .

-- posted by allancoleman