I think 2012 was one of those years that made you just say, "What the heck?". Examine the following chart of TBF (short 20 year treasuries) and SPX in the background.
DECOUPLING?
The "normal" relationship between stocks and bonds suggest that when the bond price falls (yields rise) and stock indices will actually increase as you assume that money flows out of bonds (sending prices lower) and into stocks (chasing prices higher).
In the graph below, which includes TBF (the short version of treasuries) we see that in 2010 and 2011, these two charts moved in tandem, just as expected. Suddenly, in 2012, the relationship turned on its head and did just the opposite. In 2013, we have a resumption of the old co-movement.
TBF and SPX - http://scharts.co/WHPScS
INVISIBLE HANDS
What could have caused this divergence from the normal relationship? What caused it to come back into alignment?
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