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Excellent and concise summary of the dilemma we have let ourselves be steered into. Thanks!

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For 40 years US government bond interest rates were trending downwards, whereas US government bond prices trended upwards. In March of 2020 I believe the two trends reversed and we're witnessing the end of the bond bubble, although it's still not conclusive yet.

The 30 year US bond yield is 2.251%, The 50 month moving average is 2.291%. If the bond yields go higher they'll be hitting 52 week highs and reversing the downtrend to an uptrend of the 50 month moving average.

That will create a financial crisis, caused by mal investment and mal consumption incentivized by interest rates too low for too long. That is, a lot of bad debt worth pennies or dimes on the dollar.

Welcome to the greatest financial shit show on earth since the 1930's.

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