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3 Oct 2023

Hedge funds have now built the largest short position in U.S. Treasuries in history

Source: DB, barchart

3 Oct 2023

Asset class and style returns by JP Morgan

As bonds and stocks fell simultaneously, commodities were the notable outperformer in Q3, returning 4.7% and echoing the market dynamics of 2022. Source: JP Morgan

3 Oct 2023

US 10y yields keep rising with most of the increase is due to the rise in real yields. US 10 year yields is now at 4.65%, 10 year real yields at 2.29%

Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

2 Oct 2023

The US Bond Market has now been in a drawdown for 38 months, by far the longest bond bear market in history

The US Bond Market has now been in a drawdown for 38 months, by far the longest bond bear market in history

2 Oct 2023

The S&P’s price has diverged from the trend for EPS estimates recently

The rise in bond yields probably explains this dichotomy

2 Oct 2023

Is the golden era of 60/40s coming to an end?

And if equities / bonds correlation stay positive, which asset classes should be added to portfolios? hard assets and commodities? alternatives (private debt, private equities, etc.)? cash on an opportunistic basis? Source chart: Tavi Costa, Bloomberg

2 Oct 2023

Yes you can lose a lot of money with bonds...

The Pimco 25+ Year Zero Coupon US Treasury ETF is off more than 60% from its high

29 Sep 2023

If US Treasuries would the stock market, the current drawdown for long for the stock market in history

Source: Michael Gayed

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