Why The 2018 Stock Market Corrections Are Different

Just a quick note and some data to bolster our last post and concern that Treasury yields are not coming in  during this stock market correction.

The table illustrates that the this year’s two S&P 10 percent corrections have coincided with a rise in the 10-year  Treasury yield.   This is very rare and has happened only once in the last 20 years, and that was a special case due a massive flight to quality and complications around the Russian Debt Default and LTCM crisis.

Flight To Quality

In general, when stocks fall by 10 percent, there is a flight to quality and yields fall on Treasury securities.

Yes,  the 10-year is down from its peak of 3.25 percent but higher than when the S&P500 peaked in September.  One can fiddle with the data and use intraday highs and lows, but you get out point.

The Gathering Storm In The Treasury Market  

If you haven’t read our beast of a post on the structural changes in the Treasury market, we suggest you run to it now!   Click right here:  The Gathering Storm In The Treasury Market 2.0

We also recommend our most recent piece,  Where The Next Financial Crisis Begins.

Keep this on your radar folks,  we think it signaling structural changes taking place in the global capital markets.