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Measuring Inflation: All Signs Pointing UpJames Picerno • Thu, Apr 7, 2011 -
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Treasury Yield Snapshot: Anxiety Continues to IncreaseDoug Short • Mon, Oct 11, 2010
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Treasurys and Stocks Cannot Both Continue To RiseAvi Morris • Mon, Oct 4, 2010
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- Monday, April 15, 6:28 PM China increased its holdings of U.S. Treasuries by $8.7B in February according to the Treasury Department. Meanwhile. Japan unloaded $6.8B of U.S. government debt, bringing its stash to $1.097T, a one year low. Analysts attributed some of the selling by the Japanese to positioning ahead of the BOJ's monumental easing campaign. China's holdings sat at a 15-month high going into March. 3 Comments
- Monday, April 15, 7:45 AM The dive in commodities and selling in equities is generating a bid for Treasurys, the 10-year yield falling 3 bps to a YTD low of 1.69%. The long bond yield falls 2 bps to 2.89%. After a big selloff to start 2013, TLT - up 0.35% premarket - is in the green for the year. Treasury bears - for now - are foiled again: TBT -1% premarket, -4.1% YTD. 1 Comment [U.S. Economy]
- Friday, April 12, 8:45 AM The 10-year Treasury yield falls 5 basis points on the session to 1.74% following the weak retail sales print. TLT +1.1% premarket, with the last month's big rally in bond prices bringing it back to flat YTD. S&P 500 (SPY) futures dip to a session-low, -0.5%. The QQQs off 0.5% premarket. 1 Comment [U.S. Economy]
- Tuesday, April 9, 3:41 PM Bill Gross says he has changed his mind on Treasury bonds maturing in 10-years or less thanks to Japan's epic monetary easing. The premise: yields that look meager to U.S. investors look rich to the Japanese. "They [Treasurys] yield 125 basis points more" than what investors are getting on a 10-year JGB. (Previously: JGB yields plummet) 10 Comments
- Monday, April 8, 3:18 PM Calling QE a "large and dull hammer" distorting markets, BlackRock fixed income chief Rick Rieder - formerly bullish on long-dated Treasurys - is shortening the duration in his portfolio and calling on the Fed to wind it down. The economy is on "reasonably strong footing," says Rieder and unemployment faces "structural headwinds" only overcome with time - a view not at all shared by Bernanke. 5 Comments [U.S. Economy, Financials]
- Friday, April 5, 9:16 AM The 10-year Treasury yield sinks to 1.68% - the lowest level since December - in wake of the jobs report. The so-called Great Rotation out of fixed income and into equities has reversed dramatically over the past 5 weeks. TLT +2.4%, SPY -1.2% premarket. Today's WSJ has a piece about bond-oriented hedge funds reshaping themselves into equity players. Can't make this stuff up. 8 Comments
- Thursday, April 4, 1:28 PM The 10-year Treasury yield dips 5 bps to 1.76%, bringing its level back to where it started the year after rising as high as 2.07% less than a month ago. Stocks hang at record highs, dovish Fed officials are hinting about QE's end, and the Treasury market parties. Something doesn't fit. TLT +1%, TBT -2.1%. 1 Comment [U.S. Economy]
- Wednesday, April 3, 10:23 AM Bonds bounce. The near-continuous calls for a bear market in Treasurys are dashed again for the time being, with the 10-year yield - after a quick surge higher to start 2013 - back to 1.84%, not far from where it started the year. Today's buying comes as ADP and ISM reports disappoint, and the banking sector (XLF -0.9%) gets a bit wobbly. TLT +0.6% today, -2.1% YTD. 7 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Tuesday, March 26, 10:57 PM Another sentiment-related warning sign for stocks (previous) is heavy bearish opinion on Treasurys. CFTC data show small speculators net short at levels typically preceding an imminent bull move in bond prices, writes The Fat Pitch. Professionals? A BAML survey finds 53% of fund managers underweight bonds, the lowest weighting in Treasurys since May 2011 - a pretty fair time to get long. 6 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Friday, March 22, 11:00 AM Wilbur Ross has a message for bond investors: "If the 10-year Treasury reverts back just to its average yield from 2000-2010 [you will lose] 23%." Speaking on CNBC, he says investing in long-dated Treasurys will be a "huge risk" over the next two years. By contrast, Ross says stocks do not seem grossly expensive. 8 Comments
- Monday, March 18, 4:57 AM Ron Rowland offers additional highlights on the recently expanded lineup of commission-free ETFs over at Fidelity including the following caveat: Funds not held for 30 days by retail investors or 60 days by RIAs using Fidelity as a custodian will be subject to a $7.95 per-trade commission. Some RIAs have complained that the longer holding period directed at them is unfair. Rowland spells out the full list of affected ETFs here. Comment!
- Friday, March 8, 9:50 AM "We like Treasurys here," says Bill Gross in the midst of big selloff in government paper. "0.91% on the 5-year produces nearly 2% return rolldown (assumes Fed stands pat until 2015)." TLT is the most popular Treasury ETF, but it's long-term paper. IEF, ITE, TYD, UST, TYO, IEI, and VGIT get you a little closer to the short-middle of the curve. 4 Comments [U.S. Economy, Quick Ideas]
- Wednesday, March 6, 7:31 AM Buying Treasurys is like "walking in front of a steamroller to pick up $1," Lee Cooperman tells CNBC, putting himself (along with Omaha's Oracle) on the other side of the trade from Jeff Gundlach who said last night he sees good value in the long bond yielding 3.13%. For about the 4th year running, U.S. Treasurys take the title of world's most hated asset class. Other than Gundlach, it's hard to find someone to say a nice word. 8 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Monday, February 25, 3:07 PM The great Treasury bond bear market of 2013 takes a break as the EU crisis makes the front pages again and sequestration maybe beginning Friday in the U.S. threatens a tad more fiscal tightening. The 10-year yield falls 7 bps to 1.89%. TLT +1.2%, now down just 2.7% YTD. 9 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Thursday, February 21, 1:12 PM The long bond continues to climb, now up more than a full point since the FOMC minutes yesterday. When the Fed got hawkish in 1993 after a long period of ease, bond prices collapsed. Now they gain? It seems as good of a tell as any that the economy is not ready to handle tighter policy (see Hoisington). TLT +0.7%. 3 Comments [U.S. Economy]
- Tuesday, February 12, 8:20 AM Are markets unprepared for a big rally in Treasury prices, asks Paul Day. JPMorgan's Treasury Client Survey shows the highest level of shorts since June 2011 - right around the time Treasury prices began a sharp advance. TLT -3.4%, TBT +6.2% YTD. 4 Comments [U.S. Economy]
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Michael A. Gayed
This is how scary credit spreads looked last week in JNK EMB IEF: http://bit.ly/KwS1Bf - View all 6 replies
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Default to Reality: Thanks for the charts Michael. With the German auction today the flight to safe haven looks like it is excellerating....... -
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Michael A. Gayed
One of my best Bloomberg interviews discussing Europe, bonds IEF, stocks SPY, Spring Switch, Bear Paradox: http://bit.ly/J1YHVA - View all 12 replies
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mitrado: May 10, CIC, China's sovereign wealth fund has stopped buying European government debt cause of concerns about economic crisis in the region -
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Michael A. Gayed
Great debate on Minyanville between me and Peter Tchr about Spring Switch out of bonds IEF and into stocks SPY. Check homepage for hilarity. - View all 6 replies
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Josh Krause: Switch will require a change in management at the Fed. Long bond won't go up till Bernanke is shown the door. -
Josh Krause: Even then they will likely not let it rise too much to keep debt servicing costs low. I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.
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Michael A. Gayed
So Fed dampens QE3 expectations which means no further bond purchases...and yet TLT is up, IEF is up, TIP is up. Who needs the Fed? - View all 7 replies
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USisCorrupt: The FED should have a TRUE Audit and that would fix things in a New York Minute. Is that better?
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Michael A. Gayed
Discussing junk debt JNK and Treasuries IEF on Bloomberg today: http://bloom.bg/H1H7Fr - View all 0 replies
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Michael A. Gayed
Inflation expectation based on TIP and IEF I did on Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/H2LjAc - View all 0 replies
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DettoTheSecond: Bullish x5! I am still very surprised the majority are not bullish as you claim. See you at 1700+ soon!
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Michael A. Gayed
Bloomberg appearance on why stocks could rally a lot more...discussing TLT and IEF: http://bloom.bg/GVa0BW - View all 2 replies
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x oil -field: Mike it was a bold & bullish call we at SA like bold once again ''you are ahead of the curve'' congratulations.TY X -
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Michael A. Gayed
TIP up as much as IEF - Fed forcing inflation expectations back into the system. Risk-on for SPY. - View all 1 replies
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Josh Krause: Forcing inflation expectations by keeping ZIRP forever? Why keep ZIRP if inflation is coming back?
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Michael A. Gayed
Interesting intraday action. Very strong "risk-on" move but somehow Treasuries (IEF) are near highs of the day after a strong recovery - View all 2 replies
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Robin Heiderscheit: Hah . . . I just got on SA and wondered if you noticed . . . small caps very weak the past two hours and microcaps now well below the open
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Michael A. Gayed
If this is a true "risk-on" moment, shouldn'y the long bond TLT and IEF be collapsing? I remain highly skepticle and think EOD could shock. - View all 4 replies
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Michael A. Gayed: @Market_Maven - will have a better sense in the coming days if this is just a knee-jerk reaction or a true change.
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change is the only constant: CB announcement trapped (NY) equity shorts. If bond yields don't rise its (bear trap) Whipsaw!
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