LQD just bucked a very important trend line. If investors have indeed lost confidence in corporate debt and we see follow through, then I see this as a bearish signal for stocks too. Typically the bond market is known to be correct over the equity market as large institutions with more knowledge than retail traders deal with bonds directly. To see corporate bonds...
AMEX:HYG remains a strong sell Will update. -AB
Evening traders, This is a difficult one, but one that will be immensely profitable for anyone that gets the timing right. This thing is going to blowup. Could be tomorrow, could be a couple years. This one will be a historic trade, might not even be a bad idea to scoop some 2021 OTM puts on the low. It's hard to bet against a sitting president, so timing will...
May's "Risk Off" has catapulted Long-Term Corporate Bonds (LQD) and 20+ Year Treasury Bonds (TLT) into two of the top 5 performing assets YTD: LT Corp Bonds: +10.41% 20+Year Treasuries: +9.02%
May's "Risk Off" has catapulted Long-Term Corporate Bonds (LQD) and 20+ Year Treasury Bonds (TLT) into two of the top 5 performing assets YTD: LT Corp Bonds: +10.41% 20+Year Treasuries: +9.02%
Altough most of the proes out there are used to wait a retest before entering a long position (I love retests too in specific markets, and when certain criteria are matched), I can tell you that TECHNICALLY retest are the worst thing that can happen during a breakout. It weakens momentum and confidence in speculator. You get closer to where most of the stops are...
Imagine an inverse 2008. It's gonna be mayhem.. for short sellers.
LQD is an ETF that tracks investment grade corporate bonds. www.ishares.com In this study I compare the LQD with SPY that tracks S&P 500 index. Upon review of turning points one can conclude that the corporate bonds start to go down first and recover first hinting the broader market direction. 04/07/2019
Is this the case? Maybe too shy to be cosidered relevant, it is still something though.
Many of you may not be familiar with leveraged loans and the ETFs that have become available to investors through funds over the last few years, but they are important to understand in order to have an edge over the rest of the markets these days - whether that's traditional equities, commodities, derivatives or crypto - as wealth preservation will be a big theme...
High yield corporate bonds are at an interesting spot, if we get a new weekly low, we can go short as described on chart. You should wait for the market to open to enter the trade, don't place pending orders before then. Good luck! Ivan Labrie,