All Macro-Thematic Trend Reports:

Was a “San Francisco Accord” to weaken the USD agreed to recently by Xi and Biden? (FFTT, 11/28/23)

Fed just touched off 3rd instance of UST market dysfunction in past 13 months; USD liquidity cometh.   – FFTT, 10/17/23Last time the “Soros Imperial Dollar Cycle” drove the USD up and the US Insolvency Ratio as high as it is now, the USD was weakened significantly a short time later.     – FFTT, 10/31/23Given the choice of “hurt the UST market and real economy” or “weaken the USD”, these three Treasury TBAC reports strongly suggest

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Exceedingly weak 30y UST auction suggests a much weaker USD will likely be pursued, soon (FFTT, 11/14/23)

Bottom line, the “tail” measures unanticipated UST demand shifts before auction; the larger the tail, the worse the auction.  If we ever see a tail in the 4, 5, or 6bp range, this would be considered disastrous in the bond world and mean things are breaking in US Treasuries.– James Lavish, via X, 10/4/22 After some pretty blah auctions this week seen with the 3 yr and the 10 yr, today’s 30 yr auction was

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Treasury “said the quiet part out loud” last week…don’t miss the forest for the trees (FFTT, 11/7/23)

I just rewatched the movie “The Big Short” two nights ago with my wife. So much of it rhymes with what’s happening now, except the AAA rating that is bullsh*t is the risk-free collateral of the whole system (i.e., USTs and western sovereign debt.)     -FFTT, to a hedge fund manager friend, this week Then it comes to be, that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel, is just a freight train coming your

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