It’s been a brutal two year run for treasury bonds. It all started with a spike high on the initial news of COVID (coronavirus), but that was followed by a “letting the air out of the balloon” type move lower.
Add in a strong dose of inflation and you have higher bond yields and MUCH lower bond prices.
All in all, the decline in long-dated treasury bonds has been ugly. And this shows up on the “weekly” chart of the $TLT (20+ year treasury bond ETF).
BUT there may be some good news… even if short-term. It looks like a bounce is overdue.
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$TLT Treasury Bond ETF “weekly” Chart
The long-dated bond ETF is trading near important support around $110. It has also recorded a TD 9 buy setup which may produce a bounce over the coming weeks. I’m looking for a test of the 10-week moving average. Then we’ll see…
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