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Sell Bonds, Buy Gold?

Oct 21, 2024 3 min read

Yes, that has been our advice since mid-August. Our August 19, 2024 Morning Briefing was titled, "Get Ready To Short Bonds?" We wrote: "Bond investors may be expecting too many interest-rate cuts too soon if in fact August’s economic indicators rebound from July levels and the Fed pushes back against the markets’ current expectations for monetary policy. So we are expecting to see the 10-year Treasury

Ed Yardeni
YRI Team

Reports of Dollar's Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated

Aug 19, 2024 3 min read paid

The strength of the US dollar has been a key feature of the post-pandemic bull market. Approaching Jackson Hole, the greenback has been falling. It is now up just 0.5% ytd versus 4.6% seven weeks ago (chart). Is this the start of a new weaker dollar regime? Unlikely. The DXY is still up 10% over the past three years, and it wouldn't surprise us if the

Ed Yardeni
YRI Team

Tough Treasury Auctions Belie Renewed Recession Chatter

Aug 8, 2024 3 min read paid

US stock prices and bond yields rose today following the release of the latest weekly jobless claims report confirming our view that the labor market is still doing well. The S&P 500 jumped 2.3% to 5,319.31 and the 10-year Treasury yield briefly rose above 4.00%. The recent lift in the bond yield was exacerbated by the second straight day of weak Treasury auctions. Let&

Ed Yardeni
YRI Team

Treasuries Anticipating Trump 2.0?

Jul 1, 2024 3 min read paid

Long-term US government bond prices fell sharply since the presidential debate on Thursday evening. The 10-year Treasury yield rose from 4.29% on Thursday afternoon to 4.48% today, the highest level since May 31 (chart). That was in spite of the lowest y/y print for the personal consumption expenditures deflator (PCED) since March 2021 on Friday and another sub 50.0 report for the M-PMI on Monday. We

Ed Yardeni
YRI Team

Bond Yield Returning To Normal

Aug 21, 2023 2 min read paid

The 10-year US Treasury bond yield continued to rise today, yet stock prices rallied led by the MegaCap-8 stocks. The bond yield is returning to the levels seen prior to the period spanning the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) through the Great Virus Crisis (GVC) when the Fed kept interest rates abnormally low. And the stock market might be OK with bond yields returning to their old normal. Nevertheless, there might

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Sell Bonds, Buy Gold?

Reports of Dollar's Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated

Tough Treasury Auctions Belie Renewed Recession Chatter

Treasuries Anticipating Trump 2.0?

Bond Yield Returning To Normal