I think I've made my point with my thesis on interest rates, but I will continue to beat this drum until something breaks. Something is going to break soon. The market is fighting the fed ever since they started cutting and the market is calling out Powell's rate cut nonsense. They cut by 100bps, but yields went up 100bps. This is very concerning and we've seen this before, this is going to kill equities when the time comes. Yields are screaming danger right in our faces.
I've seen many bears talk about 5% and I think that is laughable. How about 8%-12% or even higher? I could go on about why I think that fundamentally, but I've already done that. Focusing on the technicals, we see that TNX had a massive breakout in 2020. The downtrend had been forming since the high in 1987, history is repeating itself as it always does. In addition to the nearly 40 year trend breakout, we also have a shorter term bull flag starting from the high in October that just broke. Heading right up into 5% and I believe it will keep on going. Flag pole target is around 8.8%, final target is the 1987 high around 10%. That's the final target for now anyway, I fear it will go much higher.
I've been trying to warn folks about this all year and there's a reason for that, it's not because I hate America, it's because I love America. I'm obviously not a financial advisor, this is for education. However, it's probably not very helpful to just say the market is gonna crash with no plans or ideas to position based on that belief. Shorting is the go to, but very dangerous and somewhat greedy. I think it's at least time to close all positions using margin if you have any, trim winners and take some profit, get exposure to rising yields, get volatility exposure, get some gold, and keep larger cash reserves and savings. Avoid MSTR at all costs.