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6 Nov 2023

The crowd is piling into TLT (iShares US Treasuries 20y+ ETF) calls

Friday was the largest TLT call volume ever. Source: TME, GS

6 Nov 2023

How low can the US 10-year bond yield go?

The US 10 year is breaking well below the short term trend line, hitting the 50 day right here. There is a small support here, but the bigger support is down around 4.3%. Note that the 200 day remains way lower, down around 3.95%. Source: TME

3 Nov 2023

The 10-year note yield is now down ~35 basis points in just 5 days

This is the biggest pullback in treasury yields since the October 6th high. Let's keep in mind that it is not only due to a shift in Fed expectations, but rather a shift in US Treasury borrowing. As the US Treasury ramps up issuances of short-term debt, long-dated bonds are falling. However, higher for longer Fed policy seems to be setting a floor on this pullback. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

2 Nov 2023

The negative bonds world is gone, with also a Japanese bond maturing in 24 trading at 0% yesterday

Source: From Macro to Micro

2 Nov 2023

While there are reasons to turn tactically bullish on long dated US Treasuries ->

Let's not forget that Treasury supply (at the time of QT and waning demand stemming from China, Saudi and the likes) remains a headwind for the bond market

2 Nov 2023

The US Bond Market has now been in a drawdown for 39 months, by far the longest bond bear market in history

Source: Charlie Bilello

1 Nov 2023

Marketable US Treasury Debt to Explode by $2.85 Trillion in the 10 Months from End of Debt Ceiling to March 31, 2024

In total, over those two quarters marketable debt will have increased by $1.59 trillion! This follows the $1.01 billion increase in Q3, and the surge in June after the debt ceiling ended. At the beginning of Q4, marketable debt outstanding was $26.04 trillion. The government will add $1.59 trillion to it, pushing it to $27.6 trillion by March 31, 2024. Source: Wolfstreet, WallStreetSilver

31 Oct 2023

The US treasury curve is going in all directions

Interest rate futures are beginning to price-in a potential rate CUT this week, at a 5% chance. Meanwhile, the base case still shows rate cuts beginning in June 2024. However, odds of another HIKE in January 2024 are now up to ~36%... Source: The Kobeissi Letter

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