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Is Treasury Supply a Problem?
November 1, 2023
In a year when bond bulls desperately search for reasons their outlook has not worked out, U.S. Treasury supply has offered a convenient scapegoat.
In a year when bond bulls desperately search for reasons their outlook has not worked out, U.S. Treasury supply has offered a convenient scapegoat.
Rather than reverting to the mean as many expected, bond returns are in the midst of an encore performance of last year's terrible returns.
Today's topics include FOMC preview, Bank of Japan buys bonds, economic sentiment versus reality, Dudley on the 'Fed pause', Shelton comments on market stability under the Fed, Druckenmiller makes a big bullish bet on 2-year notes, eyes on the Treasury market, and impact of higher rates on private equity investments.
The Bank of Japan enacted yield curve control in 2016. Since then, anytime yields on the Japanese 10-year pushed against the upper limit, the BoJ took action to widen the band. Earlier today the BoJ loosened the cap on rates for the fifth time, bringing into question the effectiveness of yield curve control.
Differentiating 'allocator' ETF flows from 'trader' ETF flows
Today's topics include the Fed's conundrum, on Treasury supply & borrowing, stickier wages adds challenges for the Fed, Chinese economy continues to flash worrying signs, a money draught in commercial real estate, the impact of the rush to cash, subpar savings rates, Eurozone inflation falls, and the Middle East war impact on oil
A replay of our November 2, 2023 conference call.
We are now into Q3 2023 earnings season. S&P 500 operating earnings, initially expected to decline, have jumped into positive growth territory.
Today's topics include Timiraos hints Fed may be done hiking, buying the TLT dip, why homeowners aren't selling, stocks enter correction territory, Barron's cover warning: bond edition, EM companies at risk from higher rates, a secular shift in consumer behavior, buying bonds, longer duration Treasury issuance coming, credit market concerns, US consumer spending strength baffles economists, and why has Bitcoin rallied?