The move in equities has been directly connected to the bear steepener. >
Bear Steepener has been directly connected to duration issuance >
The following dates are the government auctions for duration into the end of the year:
10/11 with 10-year note issuance.
10/12 with 30-year bond issuance.
10/18 with 20-year bond issuance (although less significant than 10y and 30y).
11/08 with 10-year note issuance.
11/09 with 30-year bond issuance.
11/20 with 20-year bond issuance (although less significant than 10y and 30y).
12/11 with 10-year note issuance.
12/12 with 30-year bond issuance.
12/20 with 20-year bond issuance (although less significant than 10y and 30y).
The bond market has been moving in expectation of the issuance which means after it is realized then we are likely to see some bottoming in bonds as long as growth and inflation DON'T surprise to the upside in Q4 (which seems unlikely rn in my analysis)
math is math is math
people buying TLT all the way down lol 👇
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Macro Thread:
We continue to be in a regime where inflation is the dominant impulse but this impulse continues to decrease in its causal force across assets.
There is a key tension taking place that is being ignored.
Interest rate hikes caused the investment and cyclical sectors of the economy to decelerate in 2022:
However, these cyclical sectors have reaccelerated in 2023 which poses a question: Are the interest rate hikes enough?
A while back @acrossthespread pounded it into my head that the market is about CAPITAL FLOWS. It is about blinking red and green tickers on the screen. No one cares about your valuation model, CFA, CMT, ZKA, AKRH, ALzzzzz or anything!
When you are looking at any asset you need to ask what is causing people to buy and sell and what is moving capital? That is the STARTING point.
Weston sent me that Tesla article as an example.
Truly exceptional work here on liquidity. I am very much in agreement in terms of macro liquidity. I would encourage everyone to be following @concodanomics analysis very closely.
Several additional thoughts on what I am watching in connection with this. I wrote a report with a ton of charts mapping credit and duration across all major countries. Here is the link: capitalflowsresearch.com/p/macro-report…
During 2022 we had a tight relationship between duration selling off and credit spreads expanding due to the SPEED of rate hikes and the pressure it put on the system. HOwever, as we moved into 2023, this relationship marginally diverged until we hit SVB.