Biggest Bond Rout in Years Whiplashes Bulls Who Were Right
- Global yields rebound following a massive plunge in August
- ‘Treasuries are not a one-way trade,’ Brean’s Buchta says
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After August’s historic drop, it was starting to seem like Treasury yields could only fall. And then came Thursday, when an enormous surge reminded even well-entrenched bulls that the world’s biggest bond market isn’t a one-way street.
Yields on two-year notes jumped as much as 14 basis points, which would be the largest full-day increase in a decade, before pulling back to 11 points. A popular iShares ETF tracking long bonds sank as much as 2.4%, the biggest intraday rout since the day after the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The sell-off was global, with German 30-year rates briefly turning positive after a month under zero, and yields in Australia and New Zealand climbing early in Asia on Friday.