If you're living on this planet, credit is everything—it shapes economies and tells us whether we’re in a "risk-on" or "risk-off" environment.
And there's no better indicator of investor sentiment than the bond market.
With over $140 trillion traded daily, bonds are the largest asset class in the world, spanning all around the globe, from retail investors to governments.
One way we use bonds for information is by analyzing credit spreads as a signal for stress in the market.
Right now, credit spreads are not warning of elevated risk, they are doing just the opposite. Giving bulls the green light.
Credit spreads are tightening and hitting multi-year highs when comparing junk bonds to treasury bonds.
Despite bond yields and dollars screaming higher and reaching overbought conditions, stocks and precious metals rallied during what is historically the worst time of the year.