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Introduction The bottom line for me is that I’m not at all troubled saying (a) markets may well be considerably lower sometime in the coming months and (b) we’re buying today when we find good value. I don’t find these statements inconsistent. - Calibrating , ...
Big Picture Thesis Even as Americans have come to terms with the idea that the economic shutdown will have to last longer than we initially thought in order to curb the spread of COVID-19, investors continue to widely expect a V-shaped recovery. Once the all-clear is sounded, goes this view,...
One of the strangest weeks in the history of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities ended Thursday with a beautiful result for investors: The Treasury's reopening auction of a 10-year TIPS got a real yield to maturity of 0.680%, much higher than looked likely just days ago. This is CUSIP ...
Michael Darda sent me a scary graph showing 10-year TIPS spreads (white line) and the (real) yield on 10-year TIPS (yellow line): Notice the recent sharp increase in real interest rates in the US. This is exactly what happened in late 2008. Indeed almost everything that's happened recently i...
Overview Through the great inflation period of the late 1970s and for about thirty years prior all bonds taken broadly as an asset class were widely considered to be “certificates of confiscation” The portfolio losses were persistent and seemingly endless. But near the end ...
The U.S. stock and bond markets are covered in fog this morning. Investors are up in the air and it's not safe for landing. There's my metaphor for our current condition, when even mundane and safe investments like Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities ((TIPS)) can take wild swings in just...
Investors in the [[TIP]] ETF - an index fund that holds the full range of Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities - got a big surprise this week: a stunning 6.2% drop in value amid a what appeared major "safe haven" Treasury rally. Investors value TIPS for their safety. They are a Treasury s...
By Paul Wong The U.S. Federal Reserve (the "Fed") made a surprise interest rate cut of 50 basis points on Tuesday, March 3, and gold bullion closed the week higher, above $1,670. This follows gold's February breakout from the critical $1,585/$1,600 overhead resistance range that we have hi...
Yes, I know that that is CPI inflation, and the PCE inflation rate (1.74%) has undershot the Fed's 2.0% over the past 4 years. That's not my point. Rather, I'd like to revisit some criticism I got in the comment section over the past 4 years, when I began to argue that TIPS spreads seemed sl...
The Coronavirus (Covid-19) is spreading, and panic is spreading throughout global markets. Unfortunately, it's difficult to know whether this will be a true pandemic or just a panic. We'll know more before too long, but I was encouraged Tuesday morning to read in a Reuters article that ...
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2024-07-24 11:32:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-06-14 13:14:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...
2024-04-14 13:24:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method. This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...