Top 5 Charts to Help You Understand the Current State of Global Markets
2023.04.24 14:10
In this week’s newsletter, we’re going to run through the top 5 market charts on our radar right now.
Let’s dive right in…
GMI Chart 1: Bond Yields
seem to be following a similar pattern as in 2000…
… the is also tracking this period closely…
… and when you consider that the aggregate speculative short position in US Treasuries just reached the most extreme level on record as a percentage of total open interest, the bond bull thesis is, in our opinion, becoming stronger by the day…
CFTC Aggregate Net Speculative Positioning in US Treasuries
Additionally, DeMark daily 9 Setups have recently been quite successful in identifying inflection points on 10-year yields, and a new one was triggered on Thursday – something to keep an eye on…
GMI Chart 2: Carbon Allowances
Carbon is still messing around ahead of a larger break higher… eventually. If we break above 102 the targeted move is 133, roughly 50% higher from current levels. Definitely another one to watch…
GMI Chart 3: US Regional Banks (KRE)
The chart of the S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSE:) is not a bullish… it still feels like consolidation before a break lower…
GMI Chart 4: Dollar Index
The (DXY) looks to be forming a big head-and-shoulders top. A break of 101 will lead to significant downside (but all within a secular dollar bull market). This should give risk assets a tailwind…
GMI Chart 5: Global Equities
Global equities just look like the mirror image of the DXY and appear to be forming a large head-and-shoulders bottom. Again, all eyes on a potential DXY breakdown of 101. That’s the signal to watch for and will probably suggest equities head much higher from here…
We’ll also throw in this chart on that, as we’ve been flagging for quite some time, continues to trade a lot like during the 2014-2016 period…
Bitcoin (May 2014-May 2016) Vs. Ethereum (Current)
The final two charts we’ll leave you to mull over deal with positioning. At -7% of total open interest, speculative short positioning for the has just reached its highest level since August 2011…
Also, according to the April BofA Fund Manager Survey, everyone is still SUPER bearish despite the slow grind higher in equities as we continue to climb the “wall of worry”.
Looking at the data, the pain trade is clearly still higher, not lower…
Next week, as we are writing the May GMI Monthly, we will not release a weekly update but, as ever, we will share something special with you from one of our recent GMI Monthly publications. Stay tuned!
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