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Future interest payments will skyrocketThis shows expected interest payments as a moving average divergence around current interest payments which acts as a moving average that is delayed by one to two years. Anyways, the current "future" interest payments as calculated by the US05Y yield have never had a larger divergence from current payments. It is expected that in one to two years, US interest payments on the national debt will be more than 30% of tax receipts (see FRED:A091RC1Q027SBEA/FRED:W006RC1Q027SBEA)
TVC:US05Y
by rrmhearts
10 Charts You Must See#10 Mortgages The chart below shows the average single-family U.S. home price multiplied by the 30-year fixed mortgage rate. This chart attempts to show how dramatically higher the financial burden of home ownership has become in the United States. Using a cross chart allows us to better visualize the rate of change. Each cross represents one month. We can see that the current situation looks even more drastic than the subprime mortgage crisis that preceded the Great Recession. Although wages are rising, the rate of change in the cost of home ownership is rising much faster. In this regard, one may conclude that extreme inflation in home prices coupled with a rapidly rising mortgage rates makes every borrower today subprime. #9 Tech Bubble The yearly chart below shows the ratio between tech's performance (QQQ) and the performance of the S&P 500 (SPY). Notice that in 2020 and 2021 tech tried but was unable to close above the peak before the Dotcom Bust. Tech stocks then crashed in the first half of 2022. Take a look at the yearly (or semi-yearly) Stochastic RSI oscillators in the series of relative charts below. Could these charts suggest that Microsoft is about to underperform the Nasdaq for years, that the Nasdaq in turn may underperform the S&P 500 for years, that the S&P 500 in turn may underperform Gold for years, and that Gold may underperform U.S. Treasuries on the 6-month timeframe? Using oscillators in this manner is limitedly valid but one may ponder what these charts say about the future. A shift of investment allocation in this manner typically occurs during a financial crisis. For those who may not already be familiar, check out Exter's Pyramid below. During financial crises market participants typically flee the riskier assets near the top of the inverted pyramid due to these assets' vulnerability to default. Simultaneously, market participants accumulate the more secure and tangible assets lower on the inverted pyramid. This is not a trade or portfolio reallocation recommendation. The QQQ/SPY chart is adjusted for dividends. The GOLD/TLT chart is on a 6M rather than yearly chart merely because not enough data exists to generate a Stochastic RSI on the yearly level. #8 Japan's Debt Although what you see below may look like a single chart of a bell curve, it is actually two charts placed side-by-side. On the left side is a quarterly chart of the balance sheet of Japan's central bank. As you can see, the amount of Yen on the central bank's balance sheet is trending up toward one quadrillion. In contrast, on the right side is a chart that shows the amount of gold that each Japanese Yen can purchase. As you can see, the amount of Gold that a single Japanese Yen can purchase is quickly approaching zero. Smoothened moving averages were used to generate these charts to simplify and enhance the visualization of trends. #7 Crypto Winter The below yearly chart shows the equation 1/BTCUSD, which mathematically represents how much Bitcoin a single U.S. dollar can buy, (or simply USD/BTC). Despite having major “crypto winters” about once every several years, the amount of Bitcoin that one fiat U.S. dollar can buy continues to trend endlessly toward zero (not much unlike the Yen to Gold chart above). The U.S. dollar loses value over time as more and more dollars are created, which must always continue in a debt-based economy. During periods when the Federal Reserve tightens the money supply, the rise in the U.S. dollar’s value relative to Bitcoin is barely noticeable in the chart, even when log-adjusted. Next time someone tells you that Bitcoin is going to zero show them this chart, which technically shows that the exact opposite is more true. This is not trading or investment advice, Bitcoin and all intangible cryptocurrency assets are highly volatile. You can lose a lot or all of your money trading or investing in these assets. #6 Dollar Index As the below chart shows, the dollar index appears be breaking out of a yearly bull flag and breaking above the yearly exponential moving averages (EMA) ribbon for the first time ever. If this trend continues, what economic consequences might this have? The Dollar Milkshake Theory attempts to answer that question: www.youtube.com #5 Shiller PE Ratio The Shiller PE Ratio is often used as a measure of stock market valuation. The below chart shows that stocks are so overvalued that even after one of the worst first halves of the year in stock market history, stock valuations have merely come down to the same level as the peak before the Great Depression. #4 Stock Market Channel The below stock market channel was created by me using a series of regression lines based on standard deviation from the mean price of the entire history of the S&P 500. As the charts show, the S&P 500 is near record levels above the mean even after the selloff during the first half of 2022. #3 Cost of Debt The below chart attempts to illustrate the cost to the United States of servicing its debt (i.e. interest payments). More specifically, the chart shows the monthly rate of change for the equation of total public debt multiplied by the Fed Funds rate (as a decimal). As you can see, we've never seen an explosive jump in the monthly rate of change in debt service to this degree ever since data became available about 55 years ago. This chart was introduced to me by @prd001 . It is unscientific and is a mere thought experiment. For official, but lagging, data you can view the Federal Reserve's data on interest payments (Symbol: A091RC1Q027SBEA). #2 Monetary Easing The below chart attempts to illustrate just how unprecedented monetary easing is. It provides a visual representation of the total assets on the government's balance sheet as a percentage of nominal GDP. It uses the Bank of England's balance sheet because it provides the most reliable comprehensive records since 1700. The chart then superimposes the Federal Reserves' assets (relative to the U.S. nominal GDP) in the present-day to illustrate the fact that at no point over the past 322 years has such a large amount of assets, as a percentage of nominal GDP, been the norm. Monetary easing is therefore a modern economic experiment. How might it end? #1 Climate Change This chart is so consequential that it has led to the creation of a new epoch in human existence: the Anthropocene Epoch. The chart shows the meteoric rise of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere. Here are some video you should watch: Climate Spiral: www.youtube.com Carbon Dioxide Pump Handle: www.youtube.com If there is one chart that all future generations will attribute to everyone living today, it is this.
ECONOMICS:USSFHP
by SpyMasterTrades
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SXP ELLIOT WAVE COUNT!!! GREAT DEPRESSION 2.0If u know Elliot wave I’d reccoment testing that count lmfao. Essentially all ratios align perfectly not only through proportions between waves but also through history aligning with these shifts. I provided two retracement which represent the potential pull down of this wave 4 we are most likely in. (The wave 1-3 ratio is 1-2.474 as seen by the blue dotted line). Honestly my strat is just dollar cost average those points. Happy depression everyone :)
SP:SPXLong
by The_Crypto_Astronaut
A Decade of DebtIt felt like yesterday that Obama Care was the biggest concern on everyones minds. After 1.4 Trillion in healthcare spendings in 2021 and COVID pounding on weaker baby boomer populations has driven total debt into a parabolic upwards trend. War is festering in Ukraine, Wars get expensive. EU is on the brink of an Energy Crisis unlike anyone has seen before. Battery and Solar are incredible expensive and low margins. Practical thinking would suggest this is not sustainable. Inflation will continue, debtors gain from inflation because they are repaid with dollars that are worth less. If you think this past weeks Bear Market rally marks the end of inflation fears and rising interest rates, think again. This easing of market conditions can therefore only be temporary and only serve to provide fuel for a second leg down.
FRED:GFDEBTNLong
by SPYvsGME
Does WING's Earnings Bounce Have Legs?WING has been an interesting story in the restaurant sector over the past 7 years. Wingstop has experienced above-average growth in both top and bottom line figures over this timeframe. Let us explore why this is the case and where the stock may go from here... Fundamentals: WING's fundamentals are nightmarish. Incredibly high levels of debt (likely why WING has been able to expand so quickly), negative stockholders equity, 17% of shares float are short, a forward P/E of 70, yoy revenue beginning to stall with current year-end revenue expectations up only 2-3% from 2021 year-end. WING's total liabilities make up more than double its total assets. The company is grossly overvalued, Wingstop's intrinsic value is roughly 35-45 dollars a share. This bounce off of earnings is unsustainable, to say the least. The company did not even post a beat, and its shares surge 20%... this move simply does not make sense. Technicals: Long-term uptrend still intact. This will change if a move below the A trend line occurs. Currently, WING is struggling to break above the short-term bearish trend line labeled as B . A touch at 128.43 resistance and a quick retreat back to trend line B leads me to believe this is a temporary bull run in what is a longer-term downtrend for WING. Global macro conditions: Tightening of financial conditions, supply chain woes, war, sanctions, Supply crunches in energy commodities, climate crises, hot inflation, political unrest, and sovereign default concerns intensifying -along with other factors- all play a role in a rapidly worsening macroeconomic narrative. These factors are often talked about by economists but I fear they are overlooked in cases such as these when the market rewards a weak growth stock such as WING with a massive bounce in price off of an average earnings report, all during an unprecedentedly difficult global economy. Targets: Unclear as to when WING will significantly fall in price. I think the deterioration of financial markets over the next few years will be serious- things will get worse and stay worse for longer than expected- and companies with trash fundamentals like WING will be the first to suffer. Needless to say, I would be short WING if given an option. I see a fall to 113.92 as a short-term lock. Longer term I expect a choppy downward trade from lower support levels to lower support levels eventually forming fresh lows at the 49.89 support level. Seems like a bit of a wild prediction I'm sure, but this is what I see. As always this is not trading advice, good luck!
NASDAQ:WINGShort
by Gooby_Trades
When this trendline breaks, Japan may hyperinflateJapan's central bank is buying unlimited amounts of Japanese debt in order to maintain yields around 0.25%. This ratio shows yields over the central bank's balance sheet. When this trendline breaks to the upside, it essentially means that Japanese debt is being sold faster than the central bank can buy. Japan may be going through some serious financial events very soon. www.cnbc.com The bank of Japan is selling US treasuries in order to buy more Japanese treasuries. This may cascade into US problem of rising interest rates and unsustainable debt levels being that Japan is the largest foreign holder. www.bloomberg.com
TVC:JP10Y
by rrmhearts
TLT dangerously close to 2008 supportNASDAQ:TLT not looking to HOT here. The federal reserve has the following 3 options: 1) Stick to 0.50 basis points and continue the slow bleed. ~ This will piss off investors with cash on the sidelines and will most like hit the market harder. 2) Get aggressive and raise 0.75-1 basis point ~ Market may react positively. This would show the federal reserve is "serious" on fighting inflation. 3) Take the foot off the accelerator and step back into the market. Using macro environment as an excuse, for example Russia invasion of Ukraine and China lockdowns. I think it is noteworthy to mention that China has lowered their interest rates and are outperforming US equities. It honestly looks way more attractive and this is something the fed will have to ponder. This is a lose/lose battle because the federal reserve cannot magically print supply.
NASDAQ:TLT
by HispanicHedge
Have corporate bonds bottomed?The Corporate bond market got extremely oversold and it bounced without the Fed having to pivot. Essentially the market got to 2013-2018 levels, and bounced nicely at the old support. But we still don't know whether the bottom is in or now, as there are more questions that need to be answered, like: Does the market expect the Fed to reverse course soon? Does the market think the bottom is in for bond yields? Does it think inflation has peaked? In my opinion the market did the tightening itself without the Fed. The Fed did a mistake for not raising rates and ending QE faster, however they were right on their approach to go slowly, as one way or another inflation would slow down. By inflation slowing down down I don't mean that prices will go down, just that prices will go up a lot less than they did over the last 1-2 years. At the same time I do believe that as inflation comes down, it is possible that we get to see the Fed say that they will pause their hikes after raising them to around 2% and will let their balance sheet roll off on its own. Essentially higher interest rates, lower asset prices, tight fiscal and monetary policy, and already high energy prices are crushing demand. The Fed was/is behind the curve, but as the curve seems to be now moving to the direction of the Fed. To a large extend their objective has been achieved, as this correction was similar to the 2018 correction, only that this time around the correction was welcomed when back then it wasn't. Now I don't really think the bottom is in for corporate bonds, however I also don't think they are going to roll over very quickly. If the food & energy crisis gets worse, I have no doubt that these will get crushed. It just seems that in the short-medium term things will cool down a bit and part of them Fed's goals have been achieved. The US economy remains fairly strong and its corporations are in a fairly good shape, despite everything that has been going in the world over the last few years. Having said all that I don't want to be a buyer of HYG at 80. At those levels I think it is better to short and aim for 77-78, and then if the price action looks decent, go long at those levels. The bounce is too sharp for it to have legs to go higher immediately. I'd expect more chop in the 75-81 area before the market decides whether it is going to go higher or lower.
AMEX:HYG
by BitcoinMacro
4
Visualizing Yield InversionWhen investors have a poor outlook for the economy, what do they do? They buy the longest term debt they can because it's one of the ways to price in the uncertainty of "right now" into the long term. Therefore, rational actors would do something like this: Buy 30 year treasuries. Buying ensues, yield goes down, price goes up. Eventually 20 year yield becomes greater than 30, as described in purple. Right now for example, you'd get about 3% more yield buying the 20 year VERSUS the 30 year (note: relative yield, not nominal yield), giving us a purple line of 0.968. The teal line (1.0) is where the relative yields are inverted if the price is below this line. Short term debt pays more than long term debt under this line, which is usually not the case and signals that things are awry. Now simply repeat this cycle until the rational short term outlook is priced into all irrationally priced long term treasuries. Prices are too low, therefore yields are too high, and rational actors begin buying them. Prices go up, yields go down. Next up, we have 20Y/10Y (red) at 1.235, which is intriguingly lagging behind the shorter term inversions of 10Y/5Y and 5Y/2Y. If anyone knows why, I would be interested to know! I'm not exactly an expert on debt. Eventually this cycle repeats until the ratio of short term yields are all very close to long term yields. These conditions always precede a recession, which, by the way, is NOT a well defined term. A recession simply describes "a general decline in economic activity". Not very scientific, is it? Economists utilize a wide range of data to attempt to foresee a recession, yet the outcome is inevitable and uncontrollable. As history shows, any attempt to control the economy and avoid recession (1930s, 1970s) often make things much worse than had policy makers simply let the storm pass initially. I like to use ratios of yields. Some people subtract the yield of one from the other, which is fine too. I think a ratioized signal is much more pure as ratios rule the world around us. Not only that, given that we're monitoring multiple relative yields, we can get a good overall picture of the current landscape. Unfortunately there's not much history for the longer term instruments, though as I believe the 30 year has been around for atleast 50 years but only has a few years of TradingView data. Hopefully the illustrations on this chart along with relative yields help you visualize some of what's happening. I keep this chart of relative yields up ALL the time in a tab! If you have any feedback or comments, I would appreciate it. Good luck and hedge your bets! Quick note: In March 2020 not only did the FED setup new centralized repo facilities directly (reverse repo, unprecedented, it's ILLEGAL by the way) and at the same time, engaged in "QE Infinity". In essence there's more avenues at which they are "forced" to buy things that nobody wants. Albeit, they buy it at about market price, assume that's the right price and that they are somehow protecting the economy by pricing in bankruptcy in one asset class and spreading it to the rest of the economy. Belligerent and thoughtless, what more could you want? At the same time, they've sucked a lot of excess cash out of the system once again by offering banks an interest rate of 0.05% for their cash in exchange for some FED junk assets. So suddenly banks are bagholding assets nobody wanted, in order to get interest on their cash, genius huh? OH yeah, and banks are SHORTING those assets on the open market! Effectively making the cash tend towards zero value (the real contract value of those assets which were originally exchanged). Next time something goes wrong, they will unload this ~1.5T diaper of dollars directly into our faces, probably sooner than later, causing more inflation.
TVC:US05Y
by fringe_chartist
US 10-Year Yield PeakThe 10 year yield will not get to 3%. Since 1987 we have seen this downward trend in treasuries indicated by the channels on the chart. As of today, the 2 standard deviation peak is at 2.2% and the 3 standard deviation peak is at 2.9%. In one year it will move down to 2.0% and 2.7% respectively. There's also a chance we already peaked and we don't see a 10 year yield over 2% for the foreseeable future. There has not been a single time since 1985 that we broke out of the 3 standard deviation upper bound. It is safe to say 2.9% is a hard cap on the 10 year without a major meltdown in the US bond market. Even the 2 std. dev. channel has only been broken twice (and only once significantly) since then. I think this will cause huge bond buying whenever it gets above 2.2% and realistically we won't see over 2.5%. Eventually we'll start flirting with the 0% bound and the 2 std. dev trend will dip negative sometime in 2030. Until then, enjoy the roaring 20s.
TVC:US10YLong
by Seth-Goldberg
Omen - Real TermsA large player seems to be making decisions based in real terms, which is not revealed by the socially accepted AAPL chart which is based in dollars. Will future traders be enticed by such numerical values if it eventually harms them? To be clear, in this idea: "real terms" = the price as a proportion of total dollars, adjusted for debasement TOTAL_USD = M2, a rough measurement of broad money When we have the option of making decisions based on an infinitely expanding, numerical value (ex. 1 AAPL = X USD), which is purely speculative in current times, versus a ratio of 1 AAPL as a proportion of the total supply of dollars (1 AAPL / TOTAL_USD), at some point we have to take off the beer goggles and question what we are actually looking at. Especially when we know that the expansion of TOTAL_USD directly fueled the price rise of 1 AAPL. In this idea, we are talking about an absolute ratio that measures 1 AAPL to a pool of total claimable future wealth, we'll call that "money". Such wealth is expanding slower than the total number of dollars, which are IOUs on that wealth. It has become increasingly risky to use 1 USD as a measurement ruler for wealth when the ruler we're using measures a claim on debt (IOU), not the wealth it represents, and whose total supply changes size quickly in short periods of time. Take a few measurements, and it's hard to tell whether your stick changed, or the thing you're looking at changed. We reference TOTAL_USD as a more stable representation of this total pool of wealth. Perhaps in some other era, we'll use something increasingly valuable with a low supply as a ruler (it's almost as if it might already exist), but desperate times call for desperate measures. Put another way: suppose you want to design a model to predict if a stone will skip on a pond, or sink into it. Would you rather have, relative to our stone, a surface to skip stones on which is 1) a non-uniform surface that will change texture and angle in any way at any time, or 2) a relatively flat surface? Even though the proportions of our stone might change (stock splits, acquisitions, etc.) it still makes more sense to choose something to bounce (price) it against that's relatively stable that we can aim at. Since 1 USD is relatively increasingly unstable across asset classes, ie. the speculativity of these assets becomes purely based on the revolving door of the total supply of IOUs, and not based on the purchasing power of 1 USD. Therefore, we use the total supply of dollars as our stable surface. What do you think? Useful? Witchcraft? Future traders will be even more blind by the social acceptance of pricing things in 1 USD? Will they be less blind and come to their senses? Doesn't matter and markets will be exuberant anyways? You hated it?? Great! Comments welcome ;) Cheers! Note: M2, which is based in billions of dollars, was multiplied by 100 in the chart because there's a bug that doesn't show horizontal lines for chart values that are very small. So it does -actually- show a somewhat correct ratio in total dollars, but it's missing 0s behind the decimal.
NASDAQ:AAPL
by fringe_chartist
ZN - 10 Year Note Futures / Monthly @ 20 Yrs / The Abyss of DEBTIt is often said by Quantity Theorists echoing, Milton Friedman - "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” Conditions... matter, they change as does the "moneyness of money" - but you can't keep the Chicago School of Economic mind poisoning down. That could be why I didn't play with academia, it is a toxic sandbox wed to a beach at times. Polluting the incoming tides. Friedman could not have imagined how awry his QT has been turned on its collective head. Gold Bugs to this day, quote this - scores of times every single day. "Were Gold Priced in DEBT it would be $250,000+" No one cares, least of all Central Banks who Demonetized it but made it legal to own under Nixon. You all swap fungibles for... Silver? A Weimar home? Taco Bell? Good luck, it's a Tier 1 asset on the Books of Central Banks for a reason and trades at a varying rate as it always has. Q of M clearly isn't tied to it and it's not chasing away Good Money for Bad any longer... those storied days passed very long ago. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Money loses its purchasing power parity in a number of ways - not simply through more money chasing goods and services, this is merely one-sided - "ceteris para bis" Jedi Mind Fuck at its finest. Causation is always assumed from the money supply increase to price rises...a very basic truth, but ONLY a precondition and not a fate acompli. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Fundamental causes of a general price inflation are still supply-side factors - for example, rises in wages or prices of factor input costs - which we see in the PMI data - to date not fully passed onto Consumes due to Supply-Side Shocks ) or demand-side ones - high demand causing price increases in markets. The fatal flaw is QMT assumes an exogenous money world and the wrong direction of causality. The contraction in Broad Money with a Credit Money System aka Bank Money is destroyed as people move to acquire CASH money or what is perceived to be a CASH Equivalent. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Simply Put: Aged Theory is flawed beyond. Supply Side Cocktails and the Ingredients of the CREDIT MONEY Elixirs are quite different than in 1963 Uncle Milty. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Speaking of Credit (DEBT MONEY if you can al it that) the BOE recently raised rates. China, faced with new lockdowns surrounding the - Credit Squeeze (TY to Shevchenko for the prod to dig in and determine WTF) . Turns out 6 property developers including the "Grande" have deferred wages the CCP now says must be paid by the start of the Lunar New Year, oh and... yer gonna need to pay $21.37 Billion in Bonds or default. Sounds bad huh? Not remotely... Back wages amount to $174.38 Billion, can't pay 'em? Lock 'em down, which is precisely what the CCP is setting up to avoid immense Social upheaval. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Are we seeing a trend appear? We are indeed. Debt Defaults have been propped by Governments to stave off tragic Social disruptions. Hardly a footstep in the direction of Trust for Journey of 1,000 miles to default. S'ok China, yer not alone, we proudly stand with you, although we've been at tit longer on this turn, so we're just better at wallpapering over it with Currency Seniorage. Yaun / Renminbi - only one works inside and one outside. Hmmm... That could not possibly happen here in the US of A, could it? Naw. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When you destroy the Moneyness of Money with it goes all attendant prior theory as well as the very thing used to bring Money into Circulation @ Tier One - The BOND MARKETS. Fractional Reserve Banking merely extends it to obscene levels of Leverage and DEBT which are far beyond repayment. Toss in the 6% Vig the FED takes for this privilege and after a hundred or so years, they end up owning everything. They are, after all, the lender of last resort, the DTC merely the record keeper for when the payments halt and DEBT becomes unserviceable. What are your opportunity costs to Debt? What do you value? Forget Price it's no longer a metric for the sane, merely a distended and starved stomach. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Moral: When Risks are ignored, they are mispriced...
CBOT:ZN1!
by HK_L61
7
Stimmy for Jimmy - NyetManchin plays Foosball again. $2 Trillion in Stimmy is a solid "Sorry, but no." _____________________________________________________________ WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday he cannot back his party’s signature $2 trillion social and environment bill, seemingly dealing a fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s leading domestic initiative heading into an election year when Democrats’ narrow hold on Congress was already in peril. Manchin told “Fox News Sunday” that he always has made clear he had reservations about the bill and that now, after five-and-half months of discussions and negotiations, “I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation.” The White House had no immediate comment. Biden was spending the weekend in Wilmington, Delaware. The legislation’s apparent collapse is sure to deepen the bitter ideological divisions within the Democratic Party between progressives and moderates. That would call into question whether Democrats will be able to join together behind any substantial legislation before the November congressional elections. And it adds a note of chaos just as Democrats need to demonstrate accomplishments and show a united front before the fall campaign. ________________________________________________________________ Lumps of Coal - Yellen the Fellon won't be squeaking about Defcits unless she prefers pitchforks and Biden is now the Zombie President - 110%. The Raven and his Ilk are, as most are all Central Banks around the Globe being instructed to withdraw Liquidity at an increasing rate. __________________________________________________________________ Political unrest, Social unrest - assured by Mid - 2022
FRED:GFDEBTN
by HK_L61
1
Inverse Head and Shoulders in Bonds??Bonds have seen a bit of a relief rally as we predicted yesterday. They hit the exact target we identified, 130'00, before settling near support at 129'26. We anticipate a quiet market as we go into the US hoiday for Thanksgiving. The Kovach OBV is still solidly bearish, suggesting that this rally may be just a relief rally. That being said, we do have an inverse head and shoulders pattern forming with a neckline at 130'00. If we break out further, we could easily hit 130'07, or 130'19. If the selloff continues, our next target is 129'11.
CBOT:ZN1!
by quantguy