Bonds Analysis & Opinion

 Is it hard to go against the crowd or trend? Even after 34-years of being in the business, I still get a few butterflies in my stomach when the Power of the Pattern and sentiment line up...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Report:10 Year Treasuries: Large speculators and futures market traders decreased their overall bearish positions in the 10-year treasury note futures by the most since the...

Bund broke 139.70/65 support & tumbled further than expected towards the October low of 138.79. We bottomed just above at 138.83 so watch to 138.83/76 area closely. We are very oversold short term...

I have written extensively about gold, silver, interest rates, bonds and inflation in the recent past. I always find people respond in a manner that exposes their personal vulnerabilities or...

Bund broke 139.70/65 support, tumbled further than expected towards the October low of 138.79. We bottomed just above at 138.83 so watch to 138.83/76 area closely. We are very oversold short term so a...

I sometimes answer questions for those at Klout.com that ask basic investing questions. Usually I point to old articles of mine, but this time someone asked a question that I have not answered before,...

As I’ve said ad nauseum, interest rates accelerating higher could be the defining theme of 2014. Since bottoming in July 2012, the ten-year T-note rate has more than doubled. Freakishly, real...

I am a chartist. I do not attempt to understand macro economics. The charts provide possibilities and probabilities, not predictions of certainties.The German Bobl (5-Yr Bond) is forming a H&S top...

As the world warms itself around the comforting glow of Twitter Inc, (TWTR), Facebook Inc, (FB), Google Inc, (GOOG) and all the other red-hot stocks of 2013, I’d like to quietly point out that...

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Report10 Year Treasuries: Large trader and futures market speculators added to their overall bearish positions in the 10-year Treasury note futures after decreasing bearish...

Bund tested support at 139.75/70 & bottomed at 139.63. If we continue lower look for a possible retest of 139.45 December lows. A break lower today would then target 139.29/26 & may be as far...

A year end series taking a longer perspective in many market indexes, macro related commodities, currency and bonds. Over three weeks these reviews are intended to help create a high level road map...

Bund held 140.45/50 resistance again and spiked lower to support at 139.80/75. We bottomed almost exactly here at 139.69 and returned to the recent range of 140.05/00 to 140.45/50. Only above 140.60...