Barry Ritholtz, Columnist

Nobody Likes Bonds!: Ritholtz Chart

Earlier this week, we noted that “the Consensus Hates Bonds.” That is a small part of the reason we decided to increase our exposure to specific types of fixed income this year after having been significantly underweight bonds in 2013

January 17, 2014 at 6:40 PM UTC

By Barry Ritholtz

Barry Ritholtz is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is chairman and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management, and was previously chief market strategist at Maxim Group. He is the author of “Bailout Nation.”

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Earlier this week, we noted that "the Consensus Hates Bonds." That is a small part of the reason my firm decided to increase our exposure to specific types of fixed income this year after having been significantly underweight bonds in 2013. I mentioned we added preferreds and corporate fixed income, obtaining that exposure primarily though exchange-traded funds.

That struck a chord with J.C. Parets, a chartered market technician. J.C. is founder of Eagle Bay Capital, LLC, and is the author of the blog All Star Charts. He sent the two charts you see on this page.