Over a Trillion dollars has been vaporized in the bond market in just one week. The phrase "blood bath" is an understatement as the widows and orphans have been routed. This isn't supposed to happen in the the bond market. So is the great 33 year bond bull finally over and the deluge that we knew would ultimately come upon us? Not so fast chipmunk, is my reply and this is why. All great bull markets go through three complete phases. Phase I is the accumulation or stealth phase, phase II is the mark-up phase which lasts the longest and phase III is the blow off or mania phase. The NASDAQ and the oil bull markets exhibit provide us clean examples of these three phases in their 10 year bull runs which ended in crashes. Phase III is characterized by violent and deep yet short term corrections which shakeout all but the strongest hands. That is what the government bond market is undergoing in this recent violent move. First let's review those two bull markets in the NASDAQ and oil.

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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Could the US Bond Market Bubble Finally Be Ready to Burst? / Interest-Rates / Bond Bubble

By: Harry_Dent

The great commodity bubble has been steadily bursting since mid-2008, but has taken a nosedive since early 2011. It's now down 70% overall, and 80%-plus in industrial commodities like iron ore.

Real estate has seen its first bubble burst and it clearly looks like a second one is on the way.

Stocks have now seen a third bubble and the largest burst is still just ahead… but, the question remains: when does it begin in this endless realm of QE and stimulus?

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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Global Bond Market Crash Could Be “Ground Zero” for the Biggest Financial Crisis Ever / Interest-Rates / Bond Bubble

By: ...

MoneyMorning.com Shah Gilani writes: Let’s start with a surprising truth.

Though not many folks know this, the credit crisis-spawned stock market crash of 2007-’09 created a hefty number of millionaires

There’s a reason for this, and that reason sits inside the simple market maxim that every crisis is accompanied by big opportunities.

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Sunday, December 28, 2008

Deflation Inflates Global Bond Bubble / Economics / Bond Bubble

By: Prieur_du_Plessis

Diamond Rated - Best Financial Markets Analysis Article

Asha Bangalore (Northern Trust): US Q3 real GDP remains unchanged
“The final estimate of third quarter GDP was unchanged at a 0.5% drop. The minor revisions show consumer spending and non-residential investment slightly weaker than the preliminary report, government spending was marginally stronger, and residential investment expenditures fell less rapidly.

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