The Fed Bows To Market Forces
Sleepy Stocks Drift As Fed Minutes Fail To Ignite Buying Boost
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:18 PM EST
Stocks initially slumped, then rebounded, and traded modestly in the green, with the Nasdaq hugging the flatline, as banks, small caps, and energy stocks outperforming, offset by losses in homebuilders.
Yield Curve Inverted Out To Seven Years
Article By:
Mish Shedlock
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019 2:07 PM EST
The yield on the 6-month bill this morning is 2.507% down 0.16. The 5-year, 3-year, and 2-year treasuries are all inverted with the 6-month bill. The recession music band keep playing.
Treasury Yields Keep Drifting Lower
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Bespoke Investment Group
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:40 PM EST
Despite continuing calls for a move higher in rates, US Treasury yields have been flat to lower across the curve recently.
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U.S. National Debt: The Bond Market Doesn’t Care
Article By:
Simon Lack
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019 9:43 AM EST
Thirty year treasury bonds yielding 3% don’t look enticing, but evidently, a lot of investors feel differently. Low as they are, U.S. yields are substantially higher than Germany, whose 30-year bonds yield a paltry 0.73%.
Yesterday’s Perfect Recession Warning May Be Failing You
Article By:
Michael Lebowitz
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019 8:28 AM EST
Recently, Wall Street and the Financial Media have brought much attention to the flattening and possible inversion of the U.S. Treasury yield curve.
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Bond Curve Signaling Trouble Ahead
Article By:
Ritesh Jain
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019 3:09 AM EST
The yield curve is almost on the verge of inversion.
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Here’s Why Stocks May See A Steep Decline On February 20
Article By:
Michael J. Kramer
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019 5:09 PM EST
Stocks continued to rise on Tuesday with the S&P 500 increasing 15 basis points to close around 2,780. We are now about 15 points from our zone of resistance at 2,795.
E S&P 500 Is Ignoring Some Weakening Data & With Fund Flows Found Unfavorable, But...
Article By:
Seth Golden
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019 2:09 PM EST
As the S&P 500 eyes ever closer to the 2,800 high water mark from which it cascaded in Q4 2018, it has done so with great breadth, but without favorable fund flows and increasingly weakened economic data. How long can this persist?
Target 200
Article By:
Jack Walker
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:27 AM EST
As long as the S&P 500 Index remains above the downward sloping trendline from the October 3 high and breadth continues improving, odds favor the bulls.
BOJ Unexpectedly Reaffirms Readiness To Ease Further, Buy More Stuff
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Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:18 AM EST
After bond traders remitted the most JGBs to the BOJ during Monday's rinban (POMO) operation, pushing the 10-to-25 year Offer-to-Cover ratio to 4.71, the highest in over 4 years amid investor fears that the BOJ's tapering of QE is accelerating.
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Central Planning Is More Than Just Friction
Article By:
Keith Weiner
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Tuesday, February 19, 2019 9:01 AM EST
It is easy to think of government interference into the economy like a kind of friction.