While its difficult to pick the bones out of the catalysts for the moves in bonds, stocks, and the dollar this morning – Powell remarks, weak DurGoods, strong inventories, weak housing, weak trade data – one thing of note is that the dollar and bonds are rallying together.
The kneejerk reaction to Powell (and the macro data-fest) was higher in yields, tagging pre-FOMC-Minutes levels, before they tumbled…
But as the following chart shows, the dollar and bonds are now rallying together…
Perhaps most notably this bond bid comes after the biggest inflow into iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF ever…
But, but, but, all the smart people said higher-rates are a no-brainer?
via Zero Hedge http://ift.tt/2otQbxu Tyler Durden