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*All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution of this newsletter without prior consent is strictly prohibited. August 9th, 2010 Want to know more about option spread strategies? Carley Garner and Traders' Library have recently teamed up, Click here to purchase the Option Spread Advantage DVD from Traders' Library! Low yields, Treasuries might be losing lusterInvestors seem to be willing to look back into risky assets for better returns in recent days and weeks. After all, the U.S. dollar has given back much of its "safe haven" gains, commodities have come back into favor and the stock market has managed a way to find stability. Accordingly, there has been a clear shift in investor sentiment and at some point this will begin to lure money out of pathetically low yielding assets such as Treasuries and even bank issued CD's. In addition, don't forget about the factors we mentioned late last week. Consistently higher commodity prices will begin to put pricing pressure on the economy; in turn, inflation concerns would work against the Treasury bulls. Also, a weak dollar has historically been a drag on bond and note prices; although the market seems to be ignoring the dollar plummet now this could change. We have been looking for the long bond to trade 130, and possibly as high as 131. It now looks like the market could fall short of our 131 projection. This figure was based on the premise of a stock market correction but it now looks like equities corrected and recovered in the blink of an eye. We like being bearish bond and notes just above 130 and near 125 respectively. Tomorrow's Fed meeting is the wild card, if you choose to play the markets you should also choose to tread lightly. Volume is incredibly light and this exaggerates the event risk surrounding the interest rate decision. Look for potential bearish opportunities on a Fed meeting rally.
* Due to time constraints and our fiduciary duty to put clients first, the charts provided in this newsletter may not reflect the current session data. However, market analysis and commentary does. Charts provided by Track 'n Trade, Gecko software. **Seasonality is already factored into current prices, any references to such does not indicate future market action. ![]() |
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