Bonds Analysis & Opinion

The 30-year long bond yield just fell back below 2.00% for the first time since September 4. The 30-year long bond yield rose above 2.00% on September 5 and stayed above that rate for over...

Maybe it was a sign of things to come, a warning how it wasn’t going to go as planned. Then again, when it comes to something like quantitative easing there really is no plan. Other than to make...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators cut back on their bearish net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest...

By now, everyone and their brother has heard about the yield curve inversion. How come it has inverted and how much should we read into it? Is it really such a reliable indicator of an upcoming...

For the second time this week, the ISM managed to burst the bond bear bubble about there being a bond bubble. Who in their right mind would buy especially UST’s at such low yields when the...

The global financial markets provide the perfect avenue for wealth creation. Unless you are going into business, investing in the stock market, the bond market and properties among other financial...

5-Year Bond Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators reduced their bearish net positions in the 5-Year Bond futures markets last week, according to the latest...

“[Whatever] the repo failure involved, it is likely to prove a watershed moment, causing US bankers to more widely consider their exposure to counterparty risk and risky loans, particularly...

Current market conditions and misplaced investor pessimism make this topic worth revisiting. Continued revisits will likely prove valuable as global events play out. The value of hindsight is that it...

One of the most maddening aspects of the recent repo market, federal funds mashup is the lack of context behind it. The event is being characterized and described as if in isolation. Regulations are...

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large bond speculators cut back on their bearish net positions in the 10 Year Note futures markets once again this week, according to...

“Central Banks are panicking…the whole system is on the verge of disappearing into a black hole.” – Egon Von Greyerz on USAWatchdog.comOn Wednesday, after Wednesday’s...

In a series of recent articles (here, here and here) I wrote about seasonality in the bond market. In this piece we will look at a “practical application”. The Caveats*Everything that I...

What’s keeping long-dated bonds at the head of this year’s performance ledger for fixed-income markets? Recession worries still top the list, although nervous investors can point to this...