On a Fed decision day, both large- and small-caps find themselves at crucial technical juncture. They have both taken a real hit the past five sessions. In the wake of last Friday’s inflation report, markets now expect a 75-basis-point hike … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of June 7, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 266.2k, up 27.3k. Next week is FOMC meeting. This is the year’s fourth scheduled meeting; four more remain. Leading up to this, the Fed … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 26, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 117.8k, down 214.5k. The FOMC meets next week. This will be the year’s third, and five more remain after this. In the March meeting, … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of March 22, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 263.8k, down 57.2k. At last, Jerome Powell seems to have gotten religion. Or so it seems. On Monday, the Federal Reserve chair delivered very … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of March 8, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 377.7k, up 11.9k. Next Tuesday, a two-day FOMC meeting begins. This is the year’s second; six more remain after this. Ahead of this, fed … Continued
On Thursday morning, February’s CPI will be published. Consumer inflation has gone vertical the past couple of years. Businesses have pricing power, as was evident in Tuesday’s NFIB report. A record 68 percent of small-business owners were able to raise … Continued
Investor sentiment has taken a hit, but major US equity indices are hanging in there – on a relative basis. This is a medium- to long-term worry for bulls. Near-term, they could be looking for opportunities. Possible catalysts include Thursday’s … Continued
Until recently, it looked like the Fed finally had the fortitude to take on inflation head on. Now, the message is getting blurred. Within the FOMC, for every Bullard, there is a Kashkari. Amidst this push-and-pull, late-January lows on major … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of January 25, 2022. 10-year note: Currently net short 264.7k, down 6.8k. Jerome Powell, Fed chairman, has a task at hand – to bring inflation, the likes of which has not been seen … Continued
The FOMC meets this week. Stocks are adjusting to an increasingly hawkish Fed, which is belatedly alarmed by the persistently rising inflation. At some point, the long end of the treasury yield curve is likely to cry uncle, putting earnings … Continued