Nell Sloane of Capital Trading Group summarizes developments in U.S. Treasuries, the Swiss National Bank, oil, cryptocurrencies and alternative investments.

This bond move has the smell of U.S. yield curve flatteners, meaning investors and traders continue to sell the front end of the curve (ED-5 year) and buy longer dated bonds.

This flattening of the U.S. yield curve is widely expected and consistent with the hawkish tone of the Federal Reserve. You can see the technical damage done to the curve via Fed rate hikes as 2s30 hits 61.5 basis points.

Bond, oil markets are telling us the risk of rates matters Thursday.

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Soros, Rockefellers in cryptos: There was plenty of news coming down the pipes about Soros and Rockefeller getting into the crypto space.

Well, as you know, these types of players don’t say anything unless they want you to know and only after they have accumulated a position.

A whirl around Crypto World: Soros, Rockefellers are in.

Although bitcoin (BTCUSD) was running into longer-term supports in the low $6500 area, the bounce was in no doubt enhanced by the reports of these wealthy titans getting into the fray.

There is also some talk of tax selling finally over and we tend to agree with that notion. As our long-time readers know, we are bulls on blockchain and bitcoin and we continue to monitor the massive advances in this space.

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Swiss National Bank: We will continue to monitor the geopolitical events as well as the fiscal and monetary decisions around the globe. Speaking of monetary decisions and central banks, is the Swiss National Bank a hedge fund, a central bank or just a legal counterfeiter?

Who knows but their stock (SNBN:SW) has been on fire this year. Yes, they are a stock as well.

Not a bad gig, printing money and buying private assets. Now you can see why the markets can’t fall, the central banks won’t let it!

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Great weeks for crude: Ok, that is it we leave you with weekly settles ending April 13, where you can see crude oil had a great week up over 8% and as usual this year, the U.S. 5-year is the whipping boy.

Bloomberg: Oil nears $70 Thursday as OPEC is said to see goal nearly accomplished.

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Alternative strategies: Finally, we will decidedly end our notes with our reaffirmation of the growing need for alternative strategies.

We would like to think that our alternative view on markets is consistent with our preference for alternative risk and alpha driven strategies. Alternatives offer the investor a unique opportunity for non-correlated returns and overall risk diversification.

We believe combining traditional strategies with an alternative solution gives an investor a well-rounded approach to managing their long-term portfolio.

With the growing concentration of risk involved in passive index funds, with newly created artificial intelligence led investing and overall market illiquidity in times of market stress, alternatives can offset some of these risks.

It is our goal to keep you abreast of all the growing market risks as well as keep you aligned with potential alternative strategies to combat such risks.

Have a great week!

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