any index available to get the picture of bond markets?

short term, long term, are there any?

Thanks

 

^tyx is yield of 30 year on yahoo quotes. The base symbol is tyx .

 

Here's some iShares tickers

For treasuries,
SHY is 1-3 yr
IEF is 7-10 yr
TLT is 20+ yr
TIP is TIPs

For corporates, LQD

For aggregate broad based bond market, AGG

Here's another one:
http://www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/index.cfm?event=showCorpBond

 

The most common Barometer of the US Treasury market is the 10 YEAR Yield.

$TNX.X on TradeStation
10-YEAR TREASURY NOTE ^TNX = YAHOO


http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^TNX

http://www.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/quotes.asp?siteid=mktw&sid=11420

 

thanks a lot!