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About-Face Bonds
If stocks are ever going to experience weakness again, I think the bonds have to lead the way. As such, I have been keeping a close eye on TLT, which has been in its own private bear market for approaching half a decade now. We can see that, finally, TLT is getting some selling now that it approached its horizontal resistance.
Sealed!
Well, that’s that. Both TBT and TLT have sealed their price gaps. It would be QUITE appreciated if that was the limit of the bond move, thank you very much. We shall soon see.
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One Gap to Rule Them All
The plunge in interest rates in recent weeks has set fire to equities. This was signaled, as I pointed out at the time, by the massive overshoot in TBT (the ultra-short on bonds fund). Please note that TBT is rapidly plunging toward an important price gap, and the closure of this gap will likely put an end to the interest rate relaxation.
Watch Bonds Above All Else
Bonds, as represented below by TLT, bottomed on October 23rd. Equities kept falling and bottomed four days later, after which time they went rocketing higher. The widespread notion that the multi-year bear market in bonds is somehow magically over, and that loaning money to the United States is suddenly a super idea, is not something I believe. On the contrary, the closer we get to that line at 92.43, the more confident I will be that the bounce is done. This, above all else (even Nvidia!) is key to the balance of 2023.
