There Goes 2.2%

The 30 year yield is below the 2.2% level. That is important because... ...this... If this keeps up it's a situation that is not positive to the inflationary, reflationary view.…

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3 Other Amigos Well Aligned

Just a light duty post to show you 3 different items that would travel together in a would-be reflation trade. This chart is probably over a year old and was…

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What Thing Looks Like the Other Thing?

I thought so... The Bond Yield Continuum and Gold Gold’s vulnerability, in theory at least, is the fact that it has gone hand in hand with something that is stretched…

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Bob Hoye on Bonds & Precious Metals

You may or may not know that I consider Bob Hoye an influence of mine. Many years ago his views, especially about the proper fundamentals for the gold mining industry,…

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Twits on T Bonds & Gold/Gold Stocks

I found this pretty humorous since I am personally printing a big loss on my TBT position. He's making even better bank today if he held it. Still to be…

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vs. Gold

Just another episode of that slow-moving macro drama, 'vs. Gold' (using ETFs). Spoiler: the bottom line about the pictures below is that we are still signaling counter-cyclical and we are…

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Time to Talk Bonds Again

Over the years we've made a pretty big deal about how the herds get put off sides in bonds prior to macro cycle changes. The 2008 deflationary event put 'em…

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