Bonds Bearing Down

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US Bonds have been breaking down for about a year now, and although there will be small bounces along the way, the pattern is fairly clear. The next meaningful resistance is the price gap on TLT at 155.66:

slopechart TLT

Looking at the longer-term picture, you can see the long-term channel defining the uptrend. There’s a long, long way to go down, even if it’s merely to connect with the lower bound of this channel once more. The message is: don’t be surprised at markedly higher interest rates in the years ahead.

slopechart TLT