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Dow Bond Oscillator

Apr 07 2023

Something BAA-d Brewing?

  • Apr 7, 2023

Tightening peaked in Q4-2022, with the BAA yield at 266 bps above its year-earlier level—the most contractionary move since the early 1980s. If the standard lead-time applies, the full impact will be felt in Q4-2023.

Apr 07 2023

Was That A Pivot?

  • Apr 7, 2023

Stock market monetary- and liquidity conditions over the last year have been the harshest we’ve seen in a 33-year career, and consistently the largest drag on the Major Trend Index (even overshadowing valuations!).

Sep 08 2021

Let Us Add To The Bullish Cacophony

  • Sep 8, 2021

It’s been a heck of a stock market year, and there are still four months left. What else could go right? Monetary conditions, for one thing—at least as proxied by our Dow Bond Oscillator (DBO).

Mar 05 2021

More On The “Rate-of-Change” In Rates…

  • Mar 5, 2021

The liquidity and interest-rate backdrop for stocks has been favorable to such an extreme that we’ve cautioned any minor diminution in this condition could trip up the stock market. On that score, the monetary aggregates and the Fed’s balance sheet don’t pose much concern. On the other hand...

Feb 19 2021

Has Liquidity Peaked?

  • Feb 19, 2021

The last few weeks offer plenty of evidence that the mania has moved into a more feverish phase, yet the Fed insists that it is still “not-even-thinking-about ‘thinking about’” raising interest rates. That dismissive attitude could well whip up an even higher fever in the months ahead.

Sep 07 2019

Monetary Madness

  • Sep 7, 2019

We always do our own work and draw our own conclusions. Lately, though, we’ve wondered what the late “Monetary Marty” Zweig might say about the stock market’s current liquidity backdrop.

Jun 14 2019

Deflation And Deception

  • Jun 14, 2019

We think the current economic cycle is more likely to end in a deflationary bust than with a bout of late-cycle “overheating,” and analysts and investors should recognize that such a cycle ending could be especially difficult to detect.

 

May 07 2019

Mixed Monetary Messages

  • May 7, 2019

Confidence in the U.S. economy’s health reached a new peak with the April employment report, with a blowout number for nonfarm payroll coinciding with a soft wage print.

Jan 08 2019

About That Great Jobs Report...

  • Jan 8, 2019

The December employment report temporarily eased fears of a severe U.S. slowdown. That’s a mystery to us.

Jul 07 2018

Foreign Stocks “De-Coupling”

  • Jul 7, 2018

Market action has been broader and better than we expected given monetary conditions, and Small Cap strength seems to lend credence to contention that rates aren’t yet high enough to bite.

May 25 2018

Breadth Is Great— Except Where It Matters The Most

  • May 25, 2018

Last week’s piece challenged the now popular view that new highs for the Russell 2000 are a decisively bullish factor for the stock market in the near term. To our surprise, we found that market returns during periods of well-defined Small Cap leadership are significantly lower than when Smalls are laggards.

 

Mar 23 2018

Should Bond Bears Barbell?

  • Mar 23, 2018

The deterioration in stock market liquidity remains at the forefront of our concerns and is a key reason that the Major Trend Index is hovering just above its bearish threshold of 0.95...

Feb 07 2018

Market Pressure Points?

  • Feb 7, 2018

Last month we detailed a handful of economic and monetary measures that were approaching critical thresholds from a stock market perspective.

Feb 07 2018

Rates: Does Trend Or Level Matter More?

  • Feb 7, 2018

Our Dow Bond Oscillator (chart) issued what looks like an increasingly prescient SELL signal on January 26th.