Bond Market Contrarian Says It's Time to ‘Look at Being Bullish’

  • Former ‘Gartman Letter’ publisher cites Friday trading pattern
  • ‘Reversal to the upside’ in long bond may signal yield drop

Dennis Gartman

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The climb in Treasury yields that’s threatening to inflict trillions of dollars in losses on fixed-income investors looks like a buying opportunity for one long-time observer of financial markets.

“I haven’t seen this sort of listing of the boat in a market in a very, very long time,” says former “Gartman Letter” publisher Dennis Gartman, referring to recent bond-market bearishness. “So a contrarian has to say, ‘I should look at being bullish’” on bonds.