Juggling Dynamite

As COVID-19 vaccines are administered around the world, scientists continue conducting research to determine how effective the shots are at preventing transmission of the virus. Here is a direct video link.

The latest Hoisington Quarterly Review and Outlook throws some shade on sunny stimulus-fueled growth forecasts and explains why they remain bullish of treasuries:

Provided there are no major changes by Congress to the Federal Reserve Act, we believe it is prudent to expect that long dated U.S. Treasury rates will eventually gravitate to lower levels as inflation continues to recede.

…In sum, considering economic destruction placed on individuals and small businesses by the virus and its resultant shutdowns, the fact that fiscal expenditures have a negative multiplier on macroeconomic conditions, the debilitating impact on growth of excessive debt and the restriction of the zero bound on monetary stimulus, a secular inflation cycle is not at hand. Since inflation is the primary determinate of the yield on long dated U.S. government debt, it remains our judgement that the bull run in 30-year U.S. Treasurys is continuing.

A lucid market overview in this 38-minute presentation.  It’s hard for words alone to capture the lunacy now afoot, long-term charts offer some perspective.

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