The best time to buy TLT is when fed rates are falling (rates need’nt be 0 but decreasing) and after a spy crash:
First happens SPY crash:
Then fed drops rates:
Then TLT pops after the crash Nov 1-Dec Fed Mtg:
The lead up to the 2008 GFC was after rates rose following very low interest rates:
Today debt levels are higher so rates need not go as high as 5% but the trend is the important issue. With rates rising 3 times this year, recession is coming up in 2018.



