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The author discusses the decline of U.S. Treasury yields from January to the end of May 2014. Topics addressed include the impact of weak German employment data, concerns about the U.S. economy, and underweight bond positions. Also mentioned are expectations that Treasury yields will rise when 2014 second quarter economic growth becomes sustained, and the most active investment grade corporate bonds such as Verizon Communications Inc., Tesla Motors Inc., and Steel Dynamics Inc.

The article offers an assessment of the impact of the projected decline in U.S. interest rates in 2014 on the bond market. An analysis of the trends in the Treasury bond yield is presented. Also noted is the sharp decline in the relative performance ratio of the SPDR Barclays High-Yield Bond exchange trade fund (ETF) to the iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond fund on January 24 below a six-month pattern and 14-month rising trend.

Several charts are presented that offer information on the U.S. bonds market as of December 23, 2013 including the ten most active fixed-coupon high-yield, or junk, corporate bonds as of December 20, 2013, forty most active fixed-coupon corporate bonds as of December 20, 2013 and new corporate and municipal bonds offerings.

The article discusses U.S. bond market updates. Compared to Treasury bonds, high-grade corporate bond provides less incremental yield. Based on the Bank of America Merrill Lynch index, corporate bonds that used to offer high yields are now yielding 5.6 percent. It also lists information on activities of investment grade bonds like Morgan Stanley and Dell Inc. and convertible bonds like Amgen Inc. and Medtronic Inc.

Several tables are presented which provide an update on the U.S. bond market, as of October 8, 2012, including statistics on high-yield bonds and corporate bonds, results of adviser sentiment polls, and the J.P. Morgan overseas government bond index.