Re: The Bond Dream Room
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:31 am
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I might have if i hadn’t stupidly sold my “worst” bonds in 2018. With bonds up so much but still underweight in my allocation due to the sale, I guess I have to leave it alone.
I would still put money into TLT in the PP for a long term hold at this point. Even if odds of large return in the short timeframe you listed is not particularly high, the odds of large return on the longer term is still intact. I think the problem right now is that these markets are currently impossible to read on the short timeframe you listed. It's really a coin flip for each asset as to whether or not it will go up, tread sideways, or go down. Nobody has any clue what is going to happen right now. So personally, in my GB if on a DCA day bonds were my lowest asset, I would still put fresh cash into them even at the top of the channel. Now, that obviously hasn't happened in some time as bonds have rallied like crazy so most of my fresh money has been going into cash and stocks (ugh those small caps in particular, if anything the small caps are the asset that I'm loathe to be holding at the moment as technically they just have not a single sign of life going on; I'm very tempted to start moving some of these over to REIT's but selling an asset low to buy an asset high is something I find hard to pull the trigger on).ochotona wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:06 amI'm just not getting excited about putting new money into TLT right here...
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For years and years, after TLT has hit the top of that trend, 6, 12, or 18 months later, investors were regretting buying at the peak.
pmward wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 11:37 amSo personally, in my GB if on a DCA day bonds were my lowest asset, I would still put fresh cash into them even at the top of the channel. Now, that obviously hasn't happened in some time as bonds have rallied like crazy so most of my fresh money has been going into cash and stocks (ugh those small caps in particular, if anything the small caps are the asset that I'm loathe to be holding at the moment as technically they just have not a single sign of life going on; I'm very tempted to start moving some of these over to REIT's but selling an asset low to buy an asset high is something I find hard to pull the trigger on).
When I was trading I used to big time. I was a swing trader, so my goal was usually one week to couple month hold. What used to kill me is when I would buy something and it would close the first day down from my purchase price. Since I've moved away from trading into the GB I do not find this particularly bothersome. I think it also helps that I'm DCA'ing every 2 weeks, so I've got money going in so often to so many assets that I just pay less attention. Small caps though have been frustrating me lately. Seeing them obviously in a downtrend with no hope of life anytime in the near future has really tested my patience. Matter of fact, F it, I'm just going to do it. I'm going to move half my small cap VP over to REIT's. I did some research and the DFA REIT available in my 401k has a 4.3% yield and has been holding up nicely during the recent volatility. In my IRA I can buy any REIT ETF I want. So I think I'm going to pull the trigger. I just have no real hope for small caps in the next couple years at least. So reducing that to 10% and adding 10% REIT's seems like a decent tactical move for the next little while, at least until this unpredictable volatility gets sorted out and small caps start a new uptrend.ochotona wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:12 pmpmward wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 11:37 amSo personally, in my GB if on a DCA day bonds were my lowest asset, I would still put fresh cash into them even at the top of the channel. Now, that obviously hasn't happened in some time as bonds have rallied like crazy so most of my fresh money has been going into cash and stocks (ugh those small caps in particular, if anything the small caps are the asset that I'm loathe to be holding at the moment as technically they just have not a single sign of life going on; I'm very tempted to start moving some of these over to REIT's but selling an asset low to buy an asset high is something I find hard to pull the trigger on).
The weird thing is, and it's 100% in my head, once I have owned an asset "for a few months", I don't care what it does, but if it goes against me right after I buy it, I take it hard. In other words, there is a lag time until the Endowment Effect takes hold in my brain. Have you noticed the same?
I like that guys voice. He does a great job aping El-Erian's speech impedimentochotona wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:55 pmWOLF THINKS WE'RE ALL GETTING PLAYED BY THE BOND PLAYERS
https://youtu.be/irsgR3u256E
Wouldn't the simplest explanation be that Trump just wants the economy to be ok during his tenure? I would think the fact that he's a businessman would add weight to that explanation. So even if he is greedy and self-serving (which both seem true), his interests are aligned with America's, right? Or at the least, he's kicking the can down the road like everyone else excepting Volcker. Am I missing something?What if Trump just needs low rates so he can service his own business debt? Occam's Razor, people.. the man is greedy, self-serving son-of-a-binch. He frickin' was marketing Doral the other day in press conferences!
The U.S. treasury bond market is simply too large and too liquid to be manipulated like that. I mean, even the Fed has a hard time controlling the bond market. No we are not in a recession, but defensives like bonds usually rally BEFORE the recession. Matter of fact, it's usually after the yield curve begins to steepen that the recession is officially declared. We have not had a steepening yet. So yes, it makes total sense that we are not declared to be in a recession yet. There are so many deflationary pressures globally, and global central banks that keep pushing rates lower and lower. The U.S. has no choice but to ease, because not easing is essentially tightening when the rest of the world keeps going more and more negative. This is what is really pushing our yields down, it's more of a global phenomenon than anything else. And as much as I do believe a recession is coming in the short to medium term, I also would not be surprised if it didn't come, and if this whole inversion was simply led by foreigners chasing yield. I do not think the bond rally is overdone just yet. I think we still have a lot of room for a true blowoff top to end the almost 40 year old bull market. 30 year bond sub 1% would not surprise me at all by the time this whole cycle is said and done. Matter of fact, I would be surprised if we didn't get below 1% by the end of the cycle.ochotona wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:55 pmWOLF THINKS WE'RE ALL GETTING PLAYED BY THE BOND PLAYERS
https://youtu.be/irsgR3u256E
We've gotten played before... why not now? What if this recession talk is partly just bond traders talking their book and jawboning yield down? The hard data is slowing, but we're not in a recession.
Yes, a President's personal fortune should absolutely 100% be aligned with that of the Nation. I would go so far as to say his or her portfolio should be like Jack Bogle's was, 100% USA domestic. Nothing ex-US. Aligned with the USA, but no hint, fear, or even possibility that the portfolio should ever be seeking special situations created by the President himself while in office, especially which pit one group of investors against another.Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 5:57 amWouldn't the simplest explanation be that Trump just wants the economy to be ok during his tenure? I would think the fact that he's a businessman would add weight to that explanation. So even if he is greedy and self-serving (which both seem true), his interests are aligned with America's, right? Or at the least, he's kicking the can down the road like everyone else excepting Volcker. Am I missing something?
What are the best examples of Trump manipulating and profiting? Maybe you have some bookmarked?ochotona wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:00 amThe thing missing is that Trump refused to place his assets in a blind trust before he took office as Presidents before him have done, therefore he didn't create a firewall which prevents even the appearance of conflict of interest. As any corporate communications manager / crisis manager will tell you, the very appearance of wrong-doing can be as bad as the actual fact. The appearance can damage a brand or company even in the absence of any actual wrong-doing.
So once again, Trumpster harvests more bitter self-sown fruit, then basically blames others for the astringent taste. This idea is all over social media, and he is profiting off of his tweets through proxies. I am sure we'll hear more from the SEC after he leaves office. They've got to be quietly archiving trade data just before and after major tweets and tantrums and looking for patterns and network associations. That's what they do.
Of course, I have no proof. No one does, because it's all hidden. But there is such a yuuuge opportunity for him (or any world leader) to profit off of market-moving statements and actions. That is why it is important for the American President to even be above the appearance of wrongdoing, to be so transparent that even suspicion by the reasonably skeptical opposition is impossible.Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:50 pmAnd I do want to add that I'd be super surprised if Trump wasn't doing something shady. I think pretty much every President in recent history has done shady shit while in office and outside of it.
Well he is constantly promoting his resorts and taking VIP visitors there, at huge expense to taxpayers (and profit to the Trump Org). When he first took office China suddenly approved scores of trademarks and other concessions related to Trump, his family and businesses. My guess is that they may be experiencing a bad case of buyers regret right now. Its common knowledge that those who patronize his businesses get preferred treatment or access in his administration. A quick Google turned up endless cases of apparent self dealing and/or apparent conflicts of interest. He is facing scores of lawsuits including some he has settled for undisclosed amounts of money. His charity the Trump Foundation was basically a tax dodge and scam where he routinely used money for personal indulgences. The state of NY shut it down. I don't think it is an exaggeration to say that this is the most corrupt president in US History.Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:45 pmWhat are the best examples of Trump manipulating and profiting? Maybe you have some bookmarked?ochotona wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:00 amThe thing missing is that Trump refused to place his assets in a blind trust before he took office as Presidents before him have done, therefore he didn't create a firewall which prevents even the appearance of conflict of interest. As any corporate communications manager / crisis manager will tell you, the very appearance of wrong-doing can be as bad as the actual fact. The appearance can damage a brand or company even in the absence of any actual wrong-doing.
So once again, Trumpster harvests more bitter self-sown fruit, then basically blames others for the astringent taste. This idea is all over social media, and he is profiting off of his tweets through proxies. I am sure we'll hear more from the SEC after he leaves office. They've got to be quietly archiving trade data just before and after major tweets and tantrums and looking for patterns and network associations. That's what they do.
Which criteria should be used to determine "the most corrupt president in US history" and which should be ignored?Ad Orientem wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 6:29 pmI don't think it is an exaggeration to say that this is the most corrupt president in US History.