Today, Mish is writing about the steepening yield curve . He points out it has reached its steepest slope since 1980! He does not stop there and by the end, Mish has made a sweeping prediction for investors in 2010. Please be seated.
"In the absence of a war outbreak in the Middle East or Pakistan -- and/or Congress going completely insane with more stimulus efforts -- I think oil prices are likely to drop, the dollar will strengthen or at least hold its own, and the best opportunities are likely to be on the short side," he writes. "2010 is highly likely to retrace most if not all of the ‘reflation' efforts of 2009. If things play out as I suspect, 2010 will be the year of the great retrace as the economic recovery disappoints."
If his outlook plays out, I expect to use short equity strategies and high grade corporate bonds with durations on the 1-2 year range. Commodities will get some time off, and gold may take on a new purpose. Jurrien Timmer, a market strategist and portfolio manager at Fidelity has said that if we are in a deflationary market environment, he would move to just money markets, treasuries and gold. Might it come to that? Stay tuned, it's not time to rest. Scanner