U.S. Treasury Yields: “Acceleration of the Rise in Rates”
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by Bob Stokes
Updated: March 02, 2021
The 39-year bull market in the U.S. Treasury long bond likely terminated last year, on March 9, 2020, when the yield hit a record low of 0.664% (keep in mind that yields move inversely to prices).
Shortly thereafter, our April 2020 Elliott Wave Financial Forecast said:
Bond prices should now work down... rates will rise.
Indeed, that's what happened: Bond yields and interest rates have climbed since our forecast last April.
What's more, over the past several trading days, that 39-year bull market has been left even further behind. On Feb. 25, the yield on the U.S. Treasury long bond reached 2.44%. That's a 267% jump from the last March low!
During the past month, the move up in yields has been particularly swift, and our February Elliott Wave Financial Forecast (which published Feb. 5) was ahead of the move. Here's a chart and commentary:
The rate rise is progressing as forecast, as shown on the chart of the U.S. Treasury long bond yield, which is inverted to reflect prices. Yields broke through a six-month resistance line this week, which crosses 1.95%. The odds are increasing for an acceleration of the rise in rates. [emphasis added]
Our forecasts have been made not based on the Fed's policy or the pondering of various economic "fundamentals" -- but strictly on the bond market's progressing Elliott wave structure.
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