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Long-dated Treasuries are in a bear market as several forces push long yields higher. Oil and diesel prices tied to Russia-Ukraine, a Fed more determined since Jackson Hole to return inflation to 2% by holding rates high into a supply shock, and heavy corporate issuance for the AI buildout all weigh on bonds. Long yields are also returning toward their long-term average of about 5%. 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 Treasury yields face more upward pressure than in the 1990s, a common comparison. Then, yields were high but falling from the early-1980s Volcker peak, and the US was the sole superpower. Now yields are turning up from their 2020 low, while the Iran war has driven oil-led inflation and exposed weaker US military dominance, denting confidence in Treasuries. Foreigners bought over $940 billion of US stocks in a year while selling Treasuries. Pressure persists until macro tensions ease. … Show more
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 Treasuries remain under pressure from historic AI borrowing and hot price gauges, even as the long end eases from 2002 highs. The AI sector has raised about $500 billion of debt in nine months, a quarter of all corporate issuance, and Goldman Sachs sees $1.2 trillion in 2027. Monday's ISM services prices-paid gauge hit its highest in over four years, and a December Fed hike is still largely priced. The 10-year back above 5.35% would end the relief; Brent under $97 would extend it. … Show more
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
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 look set to sell off as the 30-year yield nears a breakout. Russia and Iran's new anti-US front has found Treasuries a weak point, waging economic war on US debt to force Trump to back down, modeled on the Liberation Day trade war; European and UK selling adds to it. With midterms near, EUCOM interceptors depleted defending Israel and the SPR at a 40-year low, Washington has little room to maneuver. If current posturing holds, the long end should settle higher. x.com x.com … Show more
Long-dated Treasuries stay pinned because the long end now prices deficits and issuance rather than the policy rate. Even when the Fed cuts the front end, term premium and supply keep the long bond down, which is why cuts have not helped. Per Charlie Bilello, the US bond market has been in drawdown for 71 months, by far the longest on record; bonds losing to inflation six years running is the debasement trade, and why hard assets keep getting bid. x.com x.com
Long-dated US Treasuries look favorable as the rise in 10-year yields appears mostly over; inflation searches have peaked, and only 13 of 29 tracked commodities are above their 50-day averages. x.com x.com x.com
Long bonds face renewed downside if Warsh turns dovish amid an energy shock that is likely only beginning. Hot CPI and PPI are not one-offs: oil tankers take two months to arrive, with further refining, manufacturing and distribution delays. A dovish Fed amid those prints will quickly send the 10-year yield to 6%. If Warsh softens tonight, long bonds will erase this week's gains and probably retest lows quickly; he is expected to sound even more hawkish than at Jackson Hole. x.com x.com x.com
