Parsing Interest Rates’ Surprise Decline
Sunday March 30th, 2014
John Kosar, research director at Asbury Research in Schaumburg, Ill., tracks a series of technical indicators that in the past have been good forecasters of interest-rate trends.
Those include buying patterns of commercial futures traders; the behavior of U.S. Treasurys compared with German government bonds; surveys of trader attitudes and demand for exchange-traded Treasury-bond funds. These all are pointing toward lower rates, Mr. Kosar said.
“I’m telling clients that the table is set for a move toward higher Treasury prices and lower rates,” he added.