Arguably, both bulls and bears won last week. Bears began the week with a big growl. Monday, the S&P 500 large cap index dropped three percent and the Nasdaq 100 3.6 percent. Intraday, in fact, there were respectively down 3.7 … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of August 6, 2019. 10-year note: Currently net short 390.9k, up 7k. The 10-year Treasury yield (1.73 percent) dropped to 1.6 percent intraday Wednesday – the lowest since September 2016. July that year, … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of July 2, 2019. 10-year note: Currently net short 288.9k, up 7.8k. Fed Chair Jerome Powell appears before Congress this week. This comes on the heels of a strong payroll report in June. … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 23, 2019. 10-year note: Currently net short 323.8k, up 48.1k. After getting rejected at 2.61 percent Wednesday last week, the 10-year Treasury yield (2.51 percent) went after that level again this … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 16, 2019. 10-year note: Currently net short 275.7k, up 14.1k. The support-turned-resistance at 2.62 percent was tested – unsuccessfully – Wednesday when the 10-year yield (2.56 percent) rallied to 2.61 percent. … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of March 19, 2019. 10-year note: Currently net short 164k, down 12.5k. The Fed Wednesday held interest rates steady at 225-250 basis points. This was expected. What was not expected was the dovish … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of January 16, 2018. 10-year note: Currently net short 89.3k, down 107.6k. A Bloomberg article last week about China beginning to weigh slowing or halting purchases of U.S. Treasurys gave the bond market … Continued
Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the November 1-15 period in nine S&P 500 sectors. XLB (SPDR materials ETF) XLB (59.14) peaked at 59.62 on October 26. The bears were able to push the … Continued
Amidst persistent volatility suppression, rays of hope are emerging for volatility bulls. From their perspective, spot VIX is showing some encouraging action. VIX remains oversold on nearly all timeframe. It has remained that way for a while. In less than … Continued
Just when one thought the North Korean crisis had died down, Kim Jong-un fires another missile. Did gold anticipate this? On Monday, the metal scored what could turn out to be an important breakout. To be fair, gold reached a … Continued