PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Haim Reisman AU - Gady Zohar TI - Short-Term Predictability of the Term Structure AID - 10.3905/jfi.2004.461448 DP - 2004 Dec 31 TA - The Journal of Fixed Income PG - 7--14 VI - 14 IP - 3 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/14/3/7.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/14/3/7.full AB - This research shows significant short-term momentum in U.S. Treasury yields. The evidence comes from principal components analysis of the term structure, and then modeling the two leading factors as ARIMA processes. Application of the prediction results to bond portfolio selection indicates frequent rebalancing of bond allocations may lead to substantially higher returns.