iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)

(A Top Pick July 8/10. Down 1.36%.) 20+ yr Tr. Bond ETF. Sold this in late fall/early winter and made some money. This year it looks a lot more encouraging as we are coming in at a lower level. Fantastic risk/reward at the current price.

(A Top Pick June 4/10. Up 4.18%.) 20+ yr Tr. Bond ETF. Has a view that there is an undercurrent of deflation.

(A Top Pick June 4/10. Up 0.49%.) 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF. Sold his holdings. Prefers Cdn long term bonds.

(Top Pick Mar 27/10, Up 5.07% total return) Sold it because the dollar was rising. This is starting to look very interesting again now. He would get back in if it was not for the currency thing.

(Top Pick Mar 22/10, Up 0.57%) Does not hold this any more. It’s coming right back to April ’10 low. It is interesting. What might happen in the spring is that rates might spike up again this spring. It is back on his radar screen.

(A Top Pick June 4/10. Down 4.33%.) 20+ yr Tr. Bond ETF. Got out about 1.5 months ago with a 1%-2% gain. Still believes in this long term.

(A Top Pick March 22/10. Up 8%.) US 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF. Still believes in deflation as a long-term theme. UD Bond market has recently acted odd, so he got out of this. Will probably get back in sometime.

(A Top Pick Aug 4/09. Up 15.6%.) 20+ yr Treasury Bond ETF. Until he sees an issue with inflation, he will continue to hold.

(A Top Pick Aug 4/09. Up 20%.) 20+ yr treasury bonds. High trend line right now but probably should come off a bit into the low $100’s.

(A Top Pick Aug 4/09. Up 12%.) 20+yr Treasury Bonds ETF. At this point in the economic recovery, we shouldn't have 10-year money at 3%.

(Top Pick Apr 20/09, down 5.28%) Been buying a lot more of this the last few months. Can’t see inflation being a big problem for a couple of years so long bonds are good here.

Taps into the inflation theme. The upside could be 20%. Could be quite volatile.

(A Top Pick Feb 17/09. Down 13.5%.) iShares 20+yr Treasury Bonds. Got out when bonds started acting poorly, caught it at the bottom in June and still likes it. In an economic recovery, yields should not be this low. Good risk/reward. Bears sentiment on bonds is exceptional, which is a condition he usually likes.

(A Top Pick Aug 12/08. Up 4.57%.) Typically bottoms in June and rallies into December. Average investor is underweight treasury bonds by a factor of 4.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury ETF. Likes government bond yields right now and this is a way to express it. US treasury market has suffered a dramatic increase in bond yields going from 2.5% last year to almost 5% last week. She believes we are still working through a weak economy. Bond yields are pricing in a V shape recovery and that bond yields will continue to trend lower throughout the summer.