Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of November 8, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 283.1k, down 15.3k. FOMC hawks and doves are getting ready for a duel. Last Thursday, October’s CPI report showed headline and core consumer prices … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of November 1, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 298.3k, up 50.6k. It is beginning to look like FOMC members are no longer on the same page as they probably were until just … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of October 25, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 247.7k, down 65.7k. The FOMC meets this week. The November 1-2 meeting is the year’s seventh scheduled meeting. One more remains after this – … Continued
VIX acts like it wants to go lower for now. Concurrently, VIX:VXV is in overbought territory. And both the CBOE put-to-call ratio and the ISEE index point to growing investor pessimism. For the first time in four weeks, VIX went … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of October 18, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 313.4k, down 26.7k. Relentless is the word that comes to mind the way the 10-year treasury yield has rallied the last 12 weeks. On … Continued
At least until August, foreigners were crystal clear which US assets to part with and which to hold on to. They have been selling equities and buying long bonds. Foreigners sold another $26.9 billion in US stocks in August. This … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of October 11, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 340.2k, down 26.7k. September’s consumer price index, out Thursday, added to upward pressure on the interest-rate trajectory. Last month, headline and core CPI respectively … Continued
Last week, equity bulls owned the first two sessions, but only for bears to make a strong comeback as the week progressed, forming potentially bearish candles along the way. Right here and now, the bias is down. The two-day rally … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of October 4, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 366.9k, up 1.7k. Wednesday brings FOMC minutes for the September 20-21 meeting. The fed funds rate was raised by 75 basis points in that … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of September 27, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 365.2k, up 135.6k. Ae we there yet? Makes you wonder considering how the long end of the treasury yield curve has been behaving. The … Continued