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                • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
                  Fed’s ‘higher for longer’ message hits US stocks and bonds

                  Treasuries and Wall Street shares on course for worst month of 2023

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                • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
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                  Who’s afraid of the Treasury basis trade?

                  Almost everyone except Goldman Sachs, it seems

                • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
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                  The debt-fuelled bet on US Treasuries that’s scaring regulators

                  Policymakers are concerned about the huge leverage that hedge funds are employing as part of the so-called basis trade

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                • Friday, 22 September, 2023
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                  BuT wHO wILL bUy aLL ThE treASUrieS?!

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                • Friday, 22 September, 2023
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                • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
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                  Fed officials predict soft landing with hard policy

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                • Monday, 18 September, 2023
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                  Short positions in 2-year Treasury futures reached record highs in August

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                • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
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                • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
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                  The bull case for bonds

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                • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
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                  BlackRock and Amundi warn of rising US recession risk

                  Investment chiefs point to cooling labour market and favour Treasuries

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                • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
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                  Vulnerabilities in the Treasuries market aren’t going away

                  Unease is rising — as are the extreme positions taken by hedge funds

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                • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
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                  Current corporate bond investing defies the usual playbook

                  Since the inversion of the Treasury yield curve, investors have faced a dilemma

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                • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
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                • Monday, 4 September, 2023
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                • Monday, 4 September, 2023
                  The Treasury market is the original public-private partnership

                  On “shadow dealers” and the basis trade

                • Friday, 1 September, 2023
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                  I’m a bond casualty but I won’t die

                  In fact the latest data screams ‘more fixed income!’

                • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
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                • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
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                • Monday, 28 August, 2023
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                • Monday, 21 August, 2023
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                  It’s the economy, stupid

                • Friday, 18 August, 2023
                  Strong US economy forces investor rethink on interest rates

                  Prospect of inflation staying higher for longer and poor summer liquidity drives surge in bond yields

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                • Friday, 18 August, 2023
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                • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
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                • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
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                  Kingdom’s position in US government bonds falls by $3.2bn in June to $108bn

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