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Originally Posted by jerryjones
I have a question , how do you interpret yesterday's soaring bond yields? From my understanding higher bond yields are a sign of a strong economy but i cant see how this is the case with the US's current economic situation. Was the economy just particularly strong yesterday in comparison to other countries? or do you think this may be a sign of strong economic recovery?
Rising yields is due to deficit concerns from the tax cut extension, very acute fiscal concerns from the expiration of BABs, and unwind of QE2 expectations trade (in which everyone and their mother bought bonds to front-run synthetic Fed demand, and now that the program has started, the Fed will buy at any price, because it is a non-competitive bidder, and the hedgies are offloading their temporary holdings), all while mortgage convexity hedging is exacerbating the move, due to the entire Street being caught long duration right at the lows in yields, particularly asset management and pension fund firms with liability-driven investment strats.
Original piece here.
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