- 5 straight days of lower closing yields in Treasuries
- Almost 5 straight days of higher closes for MBS
- In both cases, 90%+ of the gains followed the Fed
- Bonds weren't the only winners so "the game" remains undecided
Individually, there was nothing special about any given day this week for bond markets, except Wednesday's FOMC day. We began the week near the weakest levels since January and proceeded to trade mostly sideways heading into Fed day. On Fed day itself, bonds were weaker in the morning, with MBS prices briefly hitting the lowest levels since January 22nd.
Post-Fed, things changed. Easy Fed policy is rally fuel for both stocks and bonds, at least in the short term. We haven't yet gotten to the decision points on longer-term shifts. Will this end up being the week that finally ended the month-long selling spree that began with February 11th's rally burn-out?
As I discuss in the attached video, we're right on the edge of a technical confirmation of just such a trend shift. Multiple technical studies are in the same equivocal territory. Just... a little... more... is all we need to confirm a shift in tone.
It's not all confusion and