12/2 [Strengths and Weaknesses Materials]
[Bullish/Bearish Factors] Bullish factors: Dow Jones Industrial Average is up at 44910.65 (+188.59), Nasdaq Composite Index is up at 19218.17 (+157.69), Chicago Nikkei Futures is up at 38300 (+130), SOX Index is up at 4926.56 (+73.55), VIX Index is down at 13.51 (-0.39), US long-term interest rates are down, active share buybacks, request for enhancing corporate value by TSE. Bearish factors: Nikkei Average is down at 38208.03 (-141.03)
Yen Strengthens on Dollar as US Bond Yields Fall: Markets Wrap
Japanese Yen Expected to Slide as US Policy Drives Dollar Higher - BofA
Bond-market Investors Look to Fed Minutes for a Crucial Rate Clue
What does Treasury Secretary Yellen mean by US taxation, interest rates, and US debt?
Analysis shows that, in terms of tax policies, attention is focused on Bezent's testimony at the hearing; Bezent's remarks have little impact on interest rates, the key is how much the White House can leverage Bezent's reputation to prevent bond market fluctuations, Bezent may use 'unconventional' measures regarding the US debt ceiling issue. In addition, he will also play an important role in cryptocurrency regulation.
In the past 24 hours, three major events are currently detonating the global market!
In the past 24 hours, investors in various fields including the stock market, bond market, foreign exchange market, and csi commodity equity index market have identified key “themes” affecting their respective markets. And behind all these market trends, it can actually be attributed to three major events.
Huat Biggest : People starts to FOMO before 18 Dec FOMC meeting
BFSkinner Huat Biggest : Money needs to flow into bonds. It ain’t gonna if no rate cuts
Ultratech : no bonds are always kind of blah so why put up with decay/rebalance/expense ratio of blah bonds. Just go with $Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND.US)$ or $iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT.US)$ or similiar. to me simply going all in on spy exposure or any good stock with high market cap probably better than a bond anyway most of us aren't working with millions the entire market itself or any spy etf might as well be considered a bond at least that's how I think about it the big gurus and hedgefunds don't buy up bonds they buy stocks anyway