The Total US Bond Market ETF now has a negative return over the last 7 years. $BND
Source: Charlie Bilello
Consumer balance sheets are getting stretched
Accumulating debt during a low interest rates environment is one thing. But in light of the continuous surge of the price of money, the US consumer is probably starting to feel the pain Source: Crescat Capital, Bloomberg
GS Financial conditions index is tightening significantly, now at the tightest since November 2022...
This is probably what the FED wants to see...until something breaks... Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg
Value Stocks are trading near the cheapest levels of the past 30 years
Source: Barchart
US 10-year Treasury yield is skyrocketing and now at 4.63%, its highest since June 2007
Since last week’s Fed meeting, the 10-year note yield is up 35 basis points. Since the last Fed rate hike in July, the 10-year note yield is up 60 basis points. Meanwhile, Fed rate HIKE expectations have NOT changed. As highlighted by the Kobeissi Letter, odds of another rate hike have actually gone DOWN. But, a long Fed PAUSE is being priced-in now. All as record levels of US Treasuries are being issued while FED balance sheet reduction pace has been accelerating (QT). This bear steepening is pushing the dollar UP and weighing on stocks valuations especially long duration ones, i.e tech darlings. Source. CNBC, The Kobeissi Letter
This chart by Goldman shows the regime change which has been in place over the last few weeks
Despite the rise in 30-year real yields, short duration stocks (i.e value and the likes) were underperforming long duration ones (i.e IT/growth stocks). Things are now normalizing as short duration stocks are progressively catching up in terms of relative performance. The growth/IT basket probably needs 30-year real yield to reverse trend in order to outperform again...
For The First Time In 13 Years, The Fed Is Cutting Workers As It Books $100 Billion In Losses
The FED has booked $100 billion in losses in recent months on operations that currently involve paying more in interest to banks on reserve deposits at the Fed than the central bank earns from its roughly $7.5 trillion portfolio of bonds and mortgage-backed securities. Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg
Wealth by wealth category, average wealth per US household, in Q2, 2023 (wealth = assets minus debts)
The top 50% (= 65 million households) are between fairly well off to immensely rich. Source: www.wolfstreet.com
