‘Inverse Bonds’ Archive

Are stocks the only game in town?

Which ETF would have made you more money in the past month?  Owning the S&P 500 or owning the “Inverse Bond ETF (TBF)?   Both did really well!!! No doubt stocks have had a very good run of late.  Is this the only place that we can make good monies?  Some are concerned about stocks being [...]

Late to the “Rising Yield” party?

  Are you late to the party, per buying inverse bond ETF’s?  Pattern would say , NO!   I have received a few emails from viewers, feeling like they missed out,  by not buying the inverse bond ETF (TBF).   Two weeks ago I ran a couple of posts, reflecting that interest rates were on LONG-TERM SUPPORT [...]

Interest rate plays that are struggling… PFF & LQD

Couple of weeks ago I suggested to “Harvest Gains” in PFF and harvest AT LEAST part of LQD positions.  (see post here)  Wanted to update from that post…see below Click on chart to enlarge The “patterns” and weakness in these dividend/interest rate plays suggests from a different angle that rates are wanting to move higher and that [...]

Power of the Pattern in bonds (TLT)…Creating some pain?

The chart below was the August 18th quiz on dshort.com, (see post).  Reflecting a “crossroads” of resistance in the bond ETF (TLT).  Today CNBC is all over sentiment numbers for equities, in that the number of bulls has increased. Speaking of a large number of bulls….On the same day as the quiz, according to the [...]

Have your ticket to ride? 500 Index and Yields breakout…

The Beatles did pretty well with their song “We’ve got a ticket to ride!”   Was one of their “breakout” songs in 1965.  Part of the lyrics…”the girl that is driving me mad is going away!”  Speaking of breakouts and going away… The 500 index and the yield on the 10-Year note, are breaking out from falling resistance… [...]