Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of October 26, 2021. 10-year note: Currently net short 114.8k, up 114.3k. The FOMC meets next week. This is the year’s seventh meeting. After this, one more remain. At the September 21-22 meeting, … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of October 19, 2021. 10-year note: Currently net short 544, up 156.6k. In the 12 months to August, foreigners purchased $3.8 billion in treasury notes and bonds. As recently as February this year, … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of October 12, 2021. 10-year note: Currently net long 156k, up 14.7k. Last Friday’s high of 1.62 percent on the 10-year treasury yield represents a lower high versus 1.77 percent posted in March … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of October 5, 2021. 10-year note: Currently net long 141.3k, down 39.9k. Minutes for the September 21-22 FOMC meeting are due out next Wednesday. During the meeting, Chair Jerome Powell set the stage … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of September 28, 2021. 10-year note: Currently net long 181.2k, up 120k. In February last year, the 10-year treasury yield breached mid-1.40s, before tumbling to bottom at 0.4 percent in the following month. … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of September 21, 2021. 10-year note: Currently net long 61.2k, down 68.2k. Markets took this week’s FOMC meeting well. Stocks recovered after heavy losses in the first two sessions. Bonds sold off, with … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of September 14, 2021. 10-year note: Currently net long 129.4k, up 128.6k. The FOMC meets next week. This will be the 6th scheduled meeting this year, and two more remain – one in … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of September 7, 2021. 10-year note: Currently net long 780, up 30.6k. Once again on Tuesday, the 10-year treasury yield faced stiff resistance at just under 1.4 percent; the session high 1.39 percent … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of August 31, 2021. 10-year note: Currently net short 29.8k, up 143.1k. Twice in August, the 10-year treasury yield retreated after ticking 1.38 percent. This was just before testing broken-support-turned-resistance at low-1.40s. Back … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of August 24, 2021. 10-year note: Currently net long 113.3k, down 31.9k. It turned out to be quite an anticlimax – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s virtual speech at the Jackson Hole symposium, … Continued