Banking Crisis – Maturing Bonds slump 46%: A pattern we last saw just before the 2008 financial crisis

Revelations 13:16-18 “Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead, so that no one can buy or sell unless he has the mark, that is, the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom: let the one who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and his number is 666.”

Important Takeaways:

  • Long Bonds’ Historic 46% Meltdown Rivals Burst of Dot-Com Bubble
  • Losses on longer-dated Treasuries are beginning to rival some of the most notorious market meltdowns in US history.
  • Bonds maturing in 10 years or more have slumped 46% since peaking in March 2020, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That’s just shy of the 49% plunge in US stocks in the aftermath of the dot-com bust at the turn of the century. The rout in 30-year bonds has been even worse, tumbling 53%, nearing the 57% slump in equities during the depths of the financial crisis.
  • [In short the last time the yield on 10 year bonds rose to this level was “just before the 2008 financial crisis”]

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