The next 10 days could be a big deal for bonds
Source: Markets & Mayhem
The move in bond yields after the 50bp cut is very out of the ordinary.
Source: Andreas Steno Larsen @AndreasSteno on X
The 10 year bond yield soared on Monday, closing i on 4.2%.
The rise in bond yields took stocks down with them. Has the Fed lost control of the bond market? Was the Fed jumbo rate cut a policy mistake?
Druckenmiller is shorting U.S. Treasuries with a record setting 20% of his portfolio.
He knows what's about to happen ("Interest rates could double from here.") Source: Financelot @FinanceLancelot on X
A fascinating chart by James Bianco ->
The 10-year yield (blue) and Trump's Political Betting probabilities (orange). The chart starts the day Biden dropped out. Coincidence, or are these series related? If they are related, what happens to 10-year yields if the orange line (man) goes to 100 in 14 days? Source: Bianco Research
The US Bond Market has now been in a drawdown for over 50 months, by far the longest in history.
Source: Charlie Bilello
Mind the gap: Assets in US money market funds have hit a fresh ATH at $6.5tn, although the relevant Fed Funds Rates have fallen and are likely to fall further.
Note however that the "relative" figures (i.e money market funds AuMs as a % of total assets AuMs) currently stand at all-time low whereas equities weight is at all-time high... Source. Bloomberg, HolgerZ
Investors sold the most amount of Treasury Bills in history this week
Source: Bank of America
