
I concluded a January 27, 2026, Barchart article on U.S. government bonds and interest rates with the following:
The path of least resistance of long-term U.S. interest rates remains sideways in late January 2026. Bullish and bearish factors are pulling bonds and the TLT ETF in opposite directions, and we could be in for a third consecutive year of sideways trading in long-term interest rates in 2026.
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