Will Bond Yields Fastest Rise In 50 Years Rattle Markets?
The waterfall decline of bond yields (and interest rates) has been met with an equally steep rally. In fact, the 10-Year US Treasury bond yield is up 131% in 45 weeks, making it the biggest rally in 50 years! See the chart below. Earlier today we asked if the 40-Year...
Bond Prices About To Fall Off The Cliff?
The bull market in bond prices has steady, durable, and trustworthy. Over the past 40 years, if investors could count on anything, it was rising bonds and falling bond yields (interest rates). But this trend / dynamic may be changing… The post pandemic spike lower in...
Semiconductor Stocks Looking To Trigger Bullish Breakout Signal
After years of underperformance, the Semiconductors Sector (SMH) turned the tables in 2016, becoming a market leader. And today, the Semiconductors are looking to further cement that leadership role. Today’s long-term “monthly” chart highlights the ratio of...
Gold Miners Decline Nearly 30%, Currently Testing 15-Year Support Level!
The past 8-months have been great for the broad markets, the same cannot be said for Gold Miners. Gold Miners ETF (GDX) has lost nearly a third of its value since peaking last August. This decline has taken place inside a bullish rising channel, that started at the...
Is Rising Inflation About To Hit U.S. Economy In Big Way?
Inflation seems to be a thing of the past… but current trading in bond and commodity markets tell us that it could become a thing of the future! Inflation hasn’t been an issue, or even on our radar, since the 1980s. Sure, the 2007 surge in oil prices offered some...
Are Large Cap Tech Stocks In Big Trouble?
For much of the past decade, large cap tech stocks have been a real bull market leader. Investors have gobbled up shares of the likes of Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL), Netflix (NFLX), Microsoft (MSFT) to name a few. But those large cap tech names have...
Interest Rates Are Up 115% Further Rally Good or Bad For Stocks?
Interest rates on the 30-year bond fell 75% from November of 2018 until March of 2020 (1). They have rallied 115% in the past 11-months, after hitting lows in March 2020 at (2). As yields have risen 115% off the 2020 lows, the S&P is up nearly 65% at the same...
Is the Semiconductor ETF Overheating At Major Fibonacci Level?
As the 12-year bull market rages on, the importance of technology stocks has taken center stage… in our daily lives as well as in the stock market. Make no mistake, this bull market has been lead higher by technology stocks. And since the beginning of the COVID-19...
Gold Bugs Index Testing Critical Price Support!
Last year’s rally in the price of Gold brought renewed excitement to gold bulls (and gold bugs). And it all makes sense… A pandemic, political unrest, and lots of money being handed out. But Gold fizzled out in late fall after a big rally. And it’s been trading...
Tech Stock Indices: Do Bulls Have A Problem?
Tech stocks continue to lead the market higher, with the Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq 100 recording intra-day all-time highs. BUT something isn’t right beneath the surface. And it could be a rally killer. I emphasize “could”. The 12-year bull market has been lead by...
