Should holders of US debt take Iran’s military threat literally?#Block2 #Finance #Iranwar2026 #IranianParliamentSpeakerMohammadBagherGhalibaf #Oil #Opinion #USTreasurys

Unpacking claims that Canadian PM Mark Carney orchestrated a US Treasurys sell-off The allegation came from a staunch supporter of Carney in Canada's upcoming federal election; Snopes contacted him and Carney for clarification.

Um, interesting. Especially in light of the fact that Carney knows perfectly well how the bond market works.

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#Carney #USTreasurys

Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in Treasurys, citing 'poor' U.S. government finances AkademikerPension's move comes amid increasing tensions between Denmark and the U.S. over Greenland.

#Danish pension fund to sell $100 million in #USTreasurys share.google/kc7kk8hDQqXR...

#Wyoming has launched the #first #statebacked #stablecoin, the #FrontierStableToken (#FRNT), on seven blockchains. The token, overcollateralised by #cash and #USTreasurys, aims to provide secure and efficient #digitaltransactions. This move solidifies Wyoming’s position as a #leader in…

3 Bloomberg: They are trading, in other words, a little like a #risky #asset themselves, with profound implications for the #global #financialsystem. 🧵
#USTreasurys #bonds #bondmarkets #markets

2 … pushing prices down and yields up — at the very same time they frantically sold #stocks, #crypto and other #risky #assets. The inverse is also true, with #Treasuries rising in unison with them. 🧵
#markets #bonds #bondmarkets #USTreasurys

1 Desjardins: It's been more than thirty years since James Carville said that he wanted to be reincarnated as the #bondmarket because it can intimidate everybody, but the sentiments ring as true today as ever. 🧵
#bonds #yields #USTreasurys #tariffs

New Yorker’s John Cassidy: “What really spooked financial commentators—and #Trump himself, as he conceded later on Wednesday, speaking outside the White House—was the turbulence in the #bondmarket, where #yields spiked on Monday and Tuesday.” #bonds #bondmarkets #USTreasurys #tariffs

A Bloomberg chart showing that yields on US Treasury bonds have spiked sharply in recent trading.

1 Bloomberg: The plunge in #bond #prices brings back memories of the onset of the pandemic, says James Athey of Marlborough Investment Management, when widespread #deleveraging sparked blowups of a popular #hedgefund strategy known as the basis trade. #markets #USTreasurys #bondmarkets