US Treasuries were bid this week due to the search of "safe havens" on the back of Middle East turmoil
However, ugly auctions on Thursday came as a harsh remainder of the unfavourable supply/demand situation faced by US Treasuries. On the supply side, there is a tsunami of notes and bonds that is going to flood the market. And it is occurring while the Fed, under its QT program, is letting about $60 billion a month in maturing Treasury securities roll off the balance sheet without replacement. With the Fed reducing its holdings, that tsunami of notes and bonds being issued will have to find buyers, and those buyers will have to be enticed by yields. Unless inflation and growth slow down meaningfully, yields are unlikely to drop aggressively. Source: www.wolfstreet.com, Bloomberg
Big opportunities ahead for fixed income investors?
The past three years' pain in bonds could indeed be setting the stage for outsized gains ahead. To put the decline into perspective, long-term government bonds, with maturities greater than 20 years, have dropped 50% from their 2020 peak, a drawdown that is comparable to the 56% decline in stocks during the height of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 Source: Edward Jones
9% of bonds are set to mature in the next 2 years → The highest level since the Financial Crisis
High interest rates will make refinancing more difficult Source: Game of Trades
Two different years
Two different reactions by growth stocks. Source: J-C Parets
Interesting post on apple / google
By: Linus
$JPM JP Morgan Chase Q3 FY23
CEO Jamie Dimon: "Now may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades." • Net revenue +22% Y/Y to $39.9B ($0.5B beat). • Net Income $13.2B. • EPS: $4.33 ($0.39 beat). • CET1 ratio of 14.3%. Source: App Economy Insights
Where we are on the Buffett indicator
(The ratio of the total United States stock market value to GDP) Source: Brian Feroldi
BREAKING: A record 447,000 Americans are now working 2 full-time jobs, per Joe Consorti
Source: Barchart, Bloomberg
