17 Mar 2016

What Could Be Behind Foreigners’ Dumping Of Treasurys In Dec-Jan?

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Back in the middle of December, when the Fed hiked rates for the first time in nine years, the FOMC’s dot plot optimistically forecasted four quarter-point hikes this year. On December 16th – the day the FOMC statement came out … Continued

19 Nov 2015

TLT Weekly Short Put — Willing To Go Long Near Three-Year Support

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Two-year Treasury yields – supposedly the most sensitive to Fed policy – are acting as if they are beginning to price in a December hike.  On October 14th, the two-year Treasury bill yielded 0.57 percent; by November 6th, the yield … Continued