In today s Rudi s View:
-All Eyes On US Treasuries
-Conviction Calls
All Eyes On US Treasuries
Last week, someone posted a comment on Twitter along the lines of: Global growth is recovering strongly, consumer spending is picking up, central banks retain their accommodative policies and now the new Biden administration will inject a few extra trillions into the US economy. What could possibly go wrong in 2021?
My response was: In short: higher bond yields.
Equity markets usually ignore whatever happens in bond markets with most investors either zooming in on company specific matters or trying to read market momentum from price charts, until the bond market makes them pay attention. Last year, the most important bond yield in our lifetime, the 10 year US Treasury, touched near 0.50% twice; in early March and again in early August.
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The Australian share market settled lower on Tuesday, 15 December 2020, as concerns over a coronavirus surge in multiple countries dulled optimism over the vaccine rollout in the U. S. Worries about rising Australia-China tensions also weighed on the market following reports that China has formally banned imports of Australian coal.
At closing bell, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 declined 28.95 points, or 0.43%, to 6,631.30. The broader All Ordinaries dropped 33.58 points, or 0.49%, to 6,866.70.
Shares of major coal producers tumbled amid worries about rising Australia-China tensions after reports that China has formally banned imports of Australian coal.
New Hope Corp. fell almost 11%, Yancoal Australia dropped more than 10% and Whitehaven Coal slid 7%.
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Asian Shares Fall On Virus Concerns
CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stocks fell on Tuesday as concerns about increasing Covid-19 infections and lockdowns around the world overshadowed investor optimism stemming from vaccine rollouts in Britain, Canada and the United Stated.
Investors are looked ahead to policy announcements later this week by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan for directional cues.
China s Shanghai Composite index ended little changed with a negative bias even as a slew of data showed that the economic recovery in China remains on track.
Hong Kong s Hang Seng index ended down 182.23 points, or 0.69 percent, to 26,207.29.
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