CoT: Peek Into Future Through Futures

The following are futures positions of non-commercials as of July 26, 2016.  Change is week-over-week. 10-year note: The Fed stopped short of signaling a rate hike near term.  That said, the statement also said “near-term risks to the economic outlook … Continued

CoT: Peek Into Future Through Futures

The following are futures positions of non-commercials as of July 19, 2016.  Change is week-over-week. 10-year note: If you repeat something often enough, it becomes the truth.  So the saying goes. Why bring this up?  There is a sudden uptick … Continued

CoT: Peek Into Future Through Futures

The following are futures positions of non-commercials as of July 5, 2016.  Change is week-over-week. 10-year note: One can make a cogent argument that U.S. sovereign bonds are in a blow-off phase.  Since late May through the Friday high, TLT, … Continued

4-Session, 5-Percent Rally On S&P 500 Bodes Well, Will History Repeat Itself?

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As far as U.S. stocks were concerned, Brexit was just a bad dream.  A footnote, so to speak.  On the S&P 500 large cap index, the intra-day high of 2113.32 in the session before Brexit hit stands, but last Friday’s … Continued

CoT: Peek Into Future Through Futures

The following are futures positions of non-commercials as of June 28, 2016.  Change is week-over-week. 10-year note: On Friday last week and Monday this week, the S&P 500 index lost 5.3 percent, the 10-year Treasury yield lost 29 basis points … Continued

Bulls Put Foot Down Near Major Support At 1990 On S&P 500

Equity bulls put the foot down where they could possibly have.  Support at 1990 on the S&P 500 large cap index was defended on Monday (Chart 1).  This followed a post-Brexit 5.3-percent dive in just a couple of sessions.  Using … Continued

CoT: Peek Into Future Through Futures

The following are futures positions of non-commercials as of June 21, 2016.  Change is week-over-week.  (Please note holdings are prior to non-commercials’ potential Friday reaction post-Brexit win.) 10-year note: There goes any sliver of hope for a rate hike in … Continued

CoT: Peek Into Future Through Futures

The following are futures positions of non-commercials as of June 14, 2016.  Change is week-over-week. 10-year note: In Godfather III, Michael Corleone famously says: “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” Given the circumstances, this … Continued

Fed’s Hawkish Desire Versus Uncooperative Macro Data

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The Fed is in a tight spot. Yesterday, on the day it told us it continues to have a slight tightening bias it published capacity utilization and industrial production for May.  Utilization dropped 0.4 percent month-over-month to 74.9 percent, a … Continued

CoT: Peek Into Future Through Futures

The following are futures positions of non-commercials as of June 7, 2016.  Change is week-over-week. 10-year note: The Bank of Korea on Thursday eased its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a record low 1.25 percent.  The move … Continued