by Chris Kimble | Dec 2, 2021 | Kimble Charting
Uncertainty is mounting as the new omicron covid variant adds to economic concerns like inflation. This week, I shared an article looking at potential topping formations on the Transportation Sector (IYT) and small-cap Russell 2000 Index (IWM). Here we revisit these...
by Chris Kimble | Oct 13, 2021 | Kimble Charting
As you might imagine, US Treasury Bond Yields (and interest rates) crashed following the news of the coronavirus in 2020. But it didn’t take long for them to make a sharp U-turn and head higher. This seems to fit with the major concern of the day: inflation. Which...
by Chris Kimble | Apr 15, 2021 | Kimble Charting
Long-dated treasury bonds have been crushed over the past year, sending ETFs like TLT (20+ Year US Treasury Bond ETF) spiraling over 20%. Improving economy? Inflation concerns? Perhaps a combination of both… interest rates have risen sharply and thus bond prices have...
by Chris Kimble | Mar 4, 2021 | Kimble Charting
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...
by Chris Kimble | Mar 3, 2021 | Kimble Charting
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...
by Chris Kimble | Jan 27, 2021 | Kimble Charting
Bonds have experienced a large percentage decline since the highs of last March. Have bonds fallen enough? If they rally, could they be sending a bearish message to stocks? This chart looks at Govt Bond ETF (TLT) over the past 20-years. TLT has created a series of...
by Chris Kimble | Oct 7, 2020 | Kimble Charting
Are Government bonds creating a peak and starting to roll over? Possible! What happens at the support test (2) will go a long way to answering this question. This chart looks at Government bond ETF (TLT) on a monthly basis, where Fibonacci was applied to the 2010 lows...
by Chris Kimble | Aug 17, 2020 | Kimble Charting
Its been an interesting year in the financial markets, to say the least. And today’s chart qualifies as “interesting” indeed. When the market crashed in March, bond prices surged as yields fell. And the 20+ Year US Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) hit $179 before reversing...
