Whenever a fellow parent asks what I do, I tell them I comment on interest rates.
I’m not involved in the semiconductor industry or the AI revolution. I don’t rob community banks (a personal favorite, despite mixed reactions). And I certainly do not analyze fixed-income, forex, and commodity markets (that’s a show-stopper).
The only thing people want to know these days – whether they’re navigating Wall St. or Main St. – is where rates are headed.
But no one seems to be listening to the one person who has a direct impact on the direction of US Treasury yields…
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Bitcoin rallies into the 46,000, erasing its post-ETF gains.
Bitcoin dominance has climbed on this recent rally, pointing to Bitcoin’s leadership in this move.
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The Russell 2000 index $IWM is an index representing small-cap stocks in the United States. In recent months, the index has been coiling in a series of higher lows and lower highs. These contractions in volatility often proceed with directional moves. The price action in IWM is getting tight, pointing to a resolution in either direction.
Good morning, Welcome to your daily crypto clarity
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
After a positive day in the equity markets, Bitcoin and crypto prices have seen a strong rally.
Bitcoin dominance climbed on this recent move, pointing to further leadership out of Bitcoin relative to altcoins.
The talk of the town is Farcaster, a new platform for building decentralised social media applications.
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Here is Bitcoin since December of last year. The new highs list in crypto peaked two-months ago, and the price action since then has been choppy. The trading range to watch here is a zone between 45,000 and 40,000. With Bitcoin at the upper end of its range, we’re closely monitoring how prices fare over the coming days.
Perhaps the title of this post is a bit dramatic. But it got your attention, yeah?
While the indexes continue to plow higher and higher, proving markets can stay irrational longer than bears can stay solvent, there continues to be signs piling up that a turn may be near at hand.
We're not saying that the long bull market is coming to an inglorious and permanent end. We're more of the belief that a well-deserved pause and/or pullback feels like a perfectly natural thing to happen somewhere around here.
So we're going to add another bearish bet to the board in a stock that is already showing signs of topping in a sector that might be ready to roll over.