The closed Strait of Hormuz adds an energy-driven inflation shock that pushes long-dated US Treasury yields higher still. Japan and China, the two biggest foreign Treasury holders, are dumping $5.35 trillion and $550 billion in Treasuries respectively; more supply requires higher yields to draw buyers, raising US debt-financing costs. The bond shock then pressures stocks, real estate and crypto, with October 12 at risk of one of 2026's biggest market sell-offs. x.com 

Inflation has broken long-dated US Treasuries' safe-haven role. Long-term Treasuries have returned -4.1% annually in the 2020s to date, versus +4.9% in the 1930s. Long bonds look unlikely to do well for at least the rest of this decade. x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com 

Long-dated Treasuries are the safe-haven trade again as money rotates into yield. With the 30-year paying over 5%, holding non-yielding assets is harder to justify; after the Fed held, yields fell across the curve and TLT rose 1%. x.com 

Long-dated Treasuries are losing demand because an accelerating economy offers better opportunities than a 4% yield. The Citigroup Economic Surprise Index is rising sharply as data beats estimates. Yields are climbing while crude oil falls, so the move reflects growth rather than inflation fears, and the bond market is giving the Fed permission to hike. Treasuries, gold and defensive equities are slumping because no one wants safe havens in a risk-on market. x.com 

Long-dated US Treasury yields face structural upward pressure until deficits fall, and neither party shows the will to cut them. US deficits of 6% are the highest ever outside a major war, and debt above $40 trillion against $33 trillion of GDP could be the breaking point. Japan's 10-year yield near 3%, the highest since 1996, gives it reason to sell some of its $1 trillion of Treasuries, and the UK, holding $0.9 trillion, has 10-year yields at 5.1%. Fed action may only briefly slow the rise. … Show more

Falling Treasury yields reinforce the growth-scare thesis and mark a bullish turn for long-dated Treasuries. The 10-year yield is breaking below 5% as TLT rallies. x.com 

Investors are demanding much higher yields to hold long-term Treasuries because of persistent inflation, ballooning government debt and uncertainty around the Fed. That has pushed long-term Treasury prices to 22-year lows, and US debt has just crossed $40 trillion for the first time. x.com 

Long-dated government bond yields are surging worldwide at once, a sign something is wrong. UK 30-year yields hit 5.88%, the highest since 1998, the US 30-year topped 5%, Japan's 10-year reached 2.95%, and German and French long yields hit 2011 and 2008 highs. The roots are dangerous government debt levels, European and UK central bank balance-sheet shrinkage, and tech giants issuing 20-40-year bonds that draw pension and insurer demand away from government debt. x.com 

Long-dated US Treasuries benefit from falling long-end yields as the Fed's inflation response becomes a policy error. The Fed looks likely to hike again to defend its credibility despite a supply shock; 5% rates are unsustainable, and current price action points to financial damage followed by a hard pivot. A one-year rate freeze could instead let long yields rise by giving the economy a breather and making later hikes more likely. x.com  x.com  x.com  x.com 

Long-dated US Treasuries face pressure because the market will buy US debt only at 5%-plus yields, with no short-term fix in sight. The 10-year yield keeps climbing parabolically as Washington issues enormous debt to fund deficits, investors demand more compensation for inflation and duration risk, the Fed is now raising rates, and Treasuries must compete harder for global capital. The government seems reluctant to act, while rising oil prices add to inflation pressure. x.com