Illusion of Prosperity: More Bondmageddon Thoughts

Monday, December 2, 2013

More Bondmageddon Thoughts

The following chart shows the constant maturity rate of the 1-year, 2-year, 3-year, and 5-year treasuries.

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Bondmageddon Thoughts

1. ZIRP.
2. Yawn.

See Also:
Bondmageddon Thoughts

Source Data:
St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart

4 comments:

Rob Dawg said...: Leave it in the market for two weeks or in treasuries for two years. Decisions, decisions.; December 2, 2013 at 11:24 AM
Stagflationary Mark said...: Rob Dawg,

But choose wisely, for while the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you. - Grail Knight

Don't forget to leverage up by shorting the one you don't choose!

Bad Mark! Bad! Bad! Got caught up in the casino action. Sorry about that.; December 2, 2013 at 3:10 PM
fried said...: Slightly off topic, but I haven't noticed you mention that the U.S. Treasury added a 0.2% fixed base rate to its Savings I Bonds purchased from Nov. 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014.

See, rates are headed up!. Sort of.; December 3, 2013 at 5:38 PM
Stagflationary Mark said...: fried,

Yeah. I saw that! I would have been wrong on my 0.0% prediction this time. Go figure. I kept meaning to post about it but other things popped up.

Meanwhile, the EE Savings Bond rate actually fell from 0.2% to 0.1%. I would have predicted higher.

I-Bonds suggest we're trying to come out of crisis mode but EE-Bonds suggest we're trying to go right back in.; December 4, 2013 at 12:53 AM

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