The Money Signal: From Main Street to Wall Street
Sep 21, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
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Jessica InskipGuest
Tsvetta KaleynskaHostWhat is one signal that you're watching that you feel like investors are missing?
Money signals adjust because what's important now may not be as important tomorrow because of the environment.
But the current signal is the two-year note because the two-year note, which is a government-issued treasury that matures within two years, has moved more because than any of the others during this conflict so it tells me it's the most sensitive to this conflict and the environment is this conflict that is the headline risk so that is what matters now because it shows you short-term inflation expectations honestly that's why but yeah there are lots of lots of money signals and the beauty is just finding one that you understand and go from there
When the Russell 2000 starts rallying as well, that's kind of the end of the bull market cycle.
If earnings are starting to collapse, so we don't have that follow through, then that tells me we're at the end of a bull market cycle as well.
Because what is a reason to buy the stock? Well, we think it's going to be worth more in the future because they're making more money.
If they stop making more money and you see a slowdown there, conversely, if you see that turnover, it's even better.
But normally the end of bull markets, or collapses tend to come from a shock of some sort we're not expecting it naturally it's a shock
hopefully not yeah um and what is one market signal that has changed your mind recently uh
that is a tough question i feel like i've spent so much time in the bond market lately um Maybe leverage.
What is one signal that you're watching that you feel like investors are missing?
Money signals adjust because what's important now may not be as important tomorrow because of the environment.
But the current signal is the two-year note because the two-year note, which is a government-issued treasury that matures within two years, has moved more because than any of the others during this conflict so it tells me it's the most sensitive to this conflict and the environment is this conflict that is the headline risk so that is what matters now because it shows you short-term inflation expectations honestly that's why but yeah there are lots of lots of money signals and the beauty is just finding one that you understand and go from there
When the Russell 2000 starts rallying as well, that's kind of the end of the bull market cycle.
If earnings are starting to collapse, so we don't have that follow through, then that tells me we're at the end of a bull market cycle as well.
Because what is a reason to buy the stock? Well, we think it's going to be worth more in the future because they're making more money.
If they stop making more money and you see a slowdown there, conversely, if you see that turnover, it's even better.
But normally the end of bull markets, or collapses tend to come from a shock of some sort we're not expecting it naturally it's a shock
hopefully not yeah um and what is one market signal that has changed your mind recently uh
that is a tough question i feel like i've spent so much time in the bond market lately um Maybe leverage.
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