{"id":309711,"date":"2010-02-11T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T21:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-much-awaited-treasury-selloff-it-not-a-manner-of-if-anymore-its-here-2010-2"},"modified":"2010-02-11T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T21:06:00","slug":"the-much-awaited-treasury-selloff-is-not-a-matter-of-if-anymore-its-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/309711","title":{"rendered":"The Much-Awaited Treasury Selloff Is Not A Matter Of &#8220;If&#8221; Anymore, It&#8217;s Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b7470b200000000007a9614-396-274\/bond-treasuries.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"bond treasuries\" width=\"396\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All those folks calling for a Treasury selloff are seeing their prediction come true.<\/p>\n<p>The latest note from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waverlyadvisors.com\/\">Waverley Advisors<\/a> tells the story:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">With an anticipated $2.4 trillion total issuance on deck for this year (1.7 net of maturities), <br \/>the US Treasury market has become the obvious focal point for global risk capital.&nbsp; <br \/>Despite a staggering projected deficit and still weak overall economy, the recent concerns <br \/>about sovereign debt in Greece and other nations have helped extend the flow of money&nbsp; <br \/>based on the perceived quality of US, helping to sustain the low yield environment.&nbsp; Now <br \/>however, with faint tightening signals starting to emerge from the Fed, the speculative <br \/>opportunities presented by the yield curve are increasingly compelling.&nbsp; <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>In the game of deciding when, not if, yields will rise, yesterday was significant.&nbsp; The selloff <br \/>following the&nbsp; $25 billion 10 year auction was a clear indication of how volatile the mood <br \/>is among investors. The notes garnered 3.692, higher than forecast with a bid-to-cover of <br \/>2.67, driving yields higher in tandem with Chairman Bernanke&#8217;s vague testimony before <br \/>the house regarding future increases in the discount rate.&nbsp; <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong><em>Today&#8217;s $16 billion 30 year auction also saw weakness, with a yield of 4.72% and a <br \/>bid to cover of 2.36 providing more data to confirm deteriorating demand<\/em>.&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-united-states-top-15-creditors-2010-2#15-russia-1281-billion-1\">Now don&#8217;t miss our 15 creditors who have us by the balls &gt;<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-much-awaited-treasury-selloff-it-not-a-manner-of-if-anymore-its-here-2010-2#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ten-year-treasuries-nose-dive-at-auction-2010-2\">Ten Year Treasuries Nose Dive At Auction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/80-years-of-history-says-treasuries-will-rally-this-year-2010-2\">80 Years Of History Says Treasuries Will Rally This Year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/taleb-every-single-human-being-should-short-treasuries-2010-2\">Taleb: &quot;Every Single Human Being&quot; Should Short Treasuries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheMoneyGame\/~4\/jlmSKuwp58I\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All those folks calling for a Treasury selloff are seeing their prediction come true. The latest note from Waverley Advisors tells the story: With an anticipated $2.4 trillion total issuance on deck for this year (1.7 net of maturities), the US Treasury market has become the obvious focal point for global risk capital.&nbsp; Despite a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}