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Krazy Konclusion Three

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Yikes. I see that my crypto-is-toast musings have been prescient. How ironic that the most calamitous asset failure of our lifetimes is something I never dare short. Anyway……….one last Krazy Konclusion, since these dogs aren’t doing to walk themselves:

I spent part of my Father’s Day doing my favorite thing in the world: dorking around with historical price data and playing around with charts. I have put together three quick posts, inspired by the new futures database we have here on Slope. It’s just a simple chart with a simple conclusion in the caption:

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My conclusion: the multi-decade bond bull market isn’t over! Look at that channel!

Fated Rates

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The headline over at ZeroHedge pretty much says it all…………

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So here we’ve got the one-two punch that our ($SPX/FR:DGS10) ratio chart has been anticipating: on the one hand, soaring equity prices (since, ya know, bargain) and on the other hand, falling interest rates. Put the two of them together, and the ratio chart is destined to rip higher. Given the well-formed top as well as the perfect touch of the channel’s midline, it’s an agonizing work of art:

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