David Sneddon, global head of the church of technical analysis, Credit Suisse, is out with some news this morning. The secular downtrend in yields is officially over. As such, expect the US 10yr to jimmy-rig higher from the present 2.85% to 3-3.05%.
Additionally, should yields break higher from these seemingly magical levels, well then, you should prepare yourselves for a most dire and grim bond bear market — one sporting real yields of the frightening varietal.
In recent weeks, markets have responded unkindly to spiking bonds yields. The rationale, of course, is higher growth begets higher yields — dictated by market forces, buoyed by the Federal Reserve. However, according to the Fed’s mandate, yields should only be going higher if inflation is a risk to the economy. By all measures, the CPI is anything but hot — thereby ruining any intellectual debate for higher rates or higher inflation.
Ergo, this move higher in yields, although relevant and powerful, is a farce.
Personally, I am short bonds 3x, as more of a black swan trade. I do not believe yields should spike, but I believe they might — as a mode to apply pressure on markets. This is yet another pain trade taking place. Let’s see if it unfolds or not.
FED'S MESTER SAYS HAS SEEN SOME WELCOMED PICKUP IN INFLATION
she did not expense dinner?
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 13, 2018
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I don’t think it will unfold ultimately, stocks and bonds rarely trade in parity. Just my .02 BTC.
Fuck those cuckoo clock makers. We should let zeee Germans roll through their shit hole country and wreck shop.
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How is Cactus? They just IPOd.
Their is no market without trust. The leadership are failing and the followers are lost and revolting.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-13/whistleblower-exposes-rampant-manipulation-vix
but, but, but… unpossible…free markets, price discovery, fundamentals, market forces, SEC regulators, honesty, integrity…and pornhub
http://files.brattle.com/files/12735_derivatives_roles_in_manipulation.pdf
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Cunole clown station CNBC and their cuckahead cuck guests are always out there to muppet the gullibles. Pretty good bet Sneddon is positioned for lower yields trades.
Dailo deserves the benefit of the doubt?
Why was Dalio coming to Comey’s defense in a very public way?
Why would a hedge fund manager have contact with the Head of the FBI?
http://fortune.com/2017/05/10/james-comey-fired-bridgewater-ray-dalio/
Crude and Jap Yen are suggesting the bears can still do more damage.
FWIW, I got some bids from $58.50 down to $57 on crude for a bounce.
Copper is worth shorting north of 3.15.
Fly – if you haven’t already, check out the podcast “Business Wars.” First few episodes focus on Netflix versus Blockbuster in the early/mid 2000’s. It’s great so far – Ichan was such a dick and Reed Hastings is clearly autistic.
The US is about to enter the greatest period of real growth since the early 1960’s.
“Personally, I am short bonds 3x, as more of a black swan trade. I do not believe yields should spike, but I believe they might — as a mode to apply pressure on markets. This is yet another pain trade taking place.”
I think you got this backwards. Treasuries are heavily **shorted** right now, meaning that any interest rate spike won’t be up, but will be dropping down through the skulls of of Treasury bears as they desperately cover.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-02-10/traders-now-record-short-bonds-after-biggest-vix-futures-liquidation-ever
Last week, the FED sold ~$11B worth of bonds, their largest sale in several years. That may be small compared to the overall Treasuries market, but as a comparison, TLT only has $7B in assets.
you never know 🙂