Dion's Weekly ETF Winners and Losers

The weather isn't cooperating either. EIA reports that "the average temperature for the week was 55.9 degrees, which is close to 2.9 degrees above normal and 4.3 degrees above last year's temperature."

iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury(TLT) -2.2%

SPDR Long Term Treasury(TLO) -2.7%

It was an up week for the market, and one side effect was a selloff in long-dated Treasury bonds. On Oct. 7, the yield on the 30-year Treasury was 4%, but it closed above 4.4% this week. TLT lost 5.6% over that period, while TLO fell 5%.

There's pressure on these bonds from investors who fear inflation and from those who believe the demand is insufficient to absorb the amount of debt being issued by the federal government. As we learned this week, while fixed-income ETFs were a very popular destination in October, most of the money went into inflation-protected bonds and short-term Treasuries.

-- Written by Don Dion in Williamstown, Mass.

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