Yields near their long-term average

As investors weigh the potential for a new administration, another round of stimulus, and (hopefully) good news on the pandemic, yields on longer-term Treasuries have quietly risen.

Now, for the first time in more than 200 days, the yield on 10-year Treasury notes is nearing its 200-day moving average.

 It's been more than 9 months since the yield was within 10 basis points of its average. That's one of the longest streaks in nearly 60 years, with only a handful of dates eclipsing it.

When a streak of more than 6 months of being at least 10 basis points under its 200-day average finally ended, it usually did not precede a further rise in yields - there was no time frame in which the 10-year yield rose more than half the time.

What else is happening

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• Signals showing future 10-year yield when it nears its 200-day average for the first time in a long while
• Forward returns in stocks, the dollar, and gold, too
• No utility stocks were above their 200-day average a few months ago, and now more than 80% of them are - what happens next
• Leading economic indicators are showing signs of recovery
• For the first time in months, more "mom and pop" investors are bullish than bearish

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So, let me turn it over to Brad...
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Thank you Jason,

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Sentiment from other perspectives

We don't necessarily agree with everything posted here - some of our work might directly contradict it - but it's often worth knowing what others are watching.

1. Money managers are betting on copper to a historic degree - Mike McGlone via Daily Shot

2. Speculators are long the dollar for the first time in months - Pictet

3. Optimistic stock investors - and pessimistic commodity investors - have driven the stock/commodity ratio to an extreme - Fidelity