Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of May 10, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 86k, down 61.6k. It is probable the 10-year treasury yield made an important high this week. Rates touched 3.17 percent intraday Monday before reversing … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of November 24, 2020 (data published this Monday instead of last Friday due to Thanksgiving holiday). 10-year note: Currently net long 115k, down 37.3k. The 10-year Treasury yield (0.84 percent) has come under … Continued
Small-caps and tech continue to diverge. Post-vaccine news, longs are gravitating toward the former and leaving the latter. Amidst this, signs of fatigue are also showing up on the S&P 500, while VIX acts like it wants to rally. The … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of November 17, 2020. 10-year note: Currently net long 152.3k, up 57.7k. Both the 50- and 200-day moving averages closed Thursday at 0.77 percent. The former is rising and the latter dropping. Friday, … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of November 10, 2020 (data published this Monday instead of last Friday due to Veterans Day holiday). 10-year note: Currently net long 94.6k, up 100.3k. The last time the 10-year Treasury yield (0.91 … Continued
Tech stocks rallied massively in the past four months, with the leaders outpacing the soldiers by a wide margin. Last week, post-earnings reaction to several tech stocks including MSFT indicated a ‘sell the news’ phenomenon. This week, four of the … Continued
Last week, the Russell 2000 jumped 3.6 percent, while the Nasdaq 100 slid 1.8 percent. If investors are indeed moving away from tech toward small-caps, this is no good news for markets as a whole. The five largest US companies … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of July 14, 2020. 10-year note: Currently net long 58.1k, up 14.9k. The 10-year Treasury yield (0.63 percent) continues to bounce along the lower bound of a four-month range between 0.73 percent and … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of January 28, 2020. 10-year note: Currently net short 270.5k, down 32.1k. The Fed has a dual mandate of maximum employment and stable prices. The post-Great Recession recovery/expansion has been uneven, but jobs … Continued
Mid-January, Nasdaq short interest rose to a four-plus-year high. In 14 months, the index rallied north of 52 percent. Shorts find this, among others, a compelling reason to build positions. Ironically, they may also end up helping longs defend support … Continued