The universal opinion now is that the bond bear market ended months ago, and bonds are an amazingly cheap investment, protected by the pristine reputation of the U.S. of A.

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The universal opinion now is that the bond bear market ended months ago, and bonds are an amazingly cheap investment, protected by the pristine reputation of the U.S. of A.

Check back in two years; these projections are a joke.

I think bonds are set up for another leg down next week, which will just throw gas on the growing bearish fire beneath equities. This is TLT:

Take a look at the chart of TBT below, which is the ultrashort ETF based on bonds. It clear shows how interest rates are heating right back up again, thanks to Powells limp-wristed, politically motivated kowtowing to the White House and his feeble efforts to tiptoe around the surging inflation around us (which is closer than 20% than the laughable 3.5% he claims it up be).
