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Treasury Yields Hit 24-Year High — First Bull in a Decade Steps In
Treasury yields just hit a 24-year high, European sovereign debt is under siege, and Wall Street is wincing. Today's episode unpacks why sophisticated fixed-income investors are being forced to choose a side — now.
Fed minutes confirmed most policymakers back further rate hikes, pushing 10-year Treasury yields to levels unseen since 2002. The New York Fed's term premium model hit its highest reading since 2014, while markets now price just a 17.2% probability of an October hike — down sharply from 24.4% a week prior. Meanwhile, French 10-year yields surged toward 4.97%, as bond sell-offs continued across heavily indebted eurozone nations.
Against this backdrop, Vishal Khanduja of Morgan Stanley Investment Management is making his boldest call in over a decade — turning bullish on U.S. Treasuries. His $4.1B Eaton Vance Total Return Bond Fund extended duration to 6.07 years, its first overweight versus the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate in more than ten years.
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8 Oct 2026
Fed Hikes to 4%, Treasury Yields Hit 24-Year Highs
Global bond markets are flashing warning signals that sophisticated investors cannot afford to ignore. The Federal Reserve's September minutes reveal internal divisions over market fragility — just as Treasury yields reached levels unseen in nearly a quarter century and European sovereign stress resurfaces.
The Fed raised its policy rate 25bps to a 3.75%–4% target range, but the real story is what the minutes disclosed: officials are actively preparing contingency plans for bond-market stress. Mortgage costs are climbing sharply alongside government yields, tightening financial conditions across the real economy.
Meanwhile, the euro and sterling logged a ninth consecutive day of losses — their longest combined streak since February 2021. French 10-year yields surged nearly 12bps to 4.87% on fiscal concerns, pushing the France–Germany spread to 138bps. Yet a $39 billion 10-year Treasury auction drew its strongest demand since 2016, signalling that at these yields, buyers are returning.
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7 Oct 2026
Fed Hike Odds Halved, Yields Retreat & French Bonds Stabilise
Global markets shifted gears on October 6th as bond yields retreated from multi-decade highs and traders aggressively repriced Federal Reserve policy expectations — a pivotal recalibration every macro investor needs to understand.
The probability of a Fed rate hike this month collapsed from roughly 50% to just 19% in a single week, sending the 10-year Treasury yield down 4.4 basis points to 5.26% and the 30-year to 5.63% — both pulling back from fresh 24-year highs driven by persistent inflation and fiscal concerns.
Across the Atlantic, French 10-year yields fell 8 basis points to 4.78%, supported by easing energy prices and stabilising currency markets. Meanwhile, sterling softened against the euro as traders priced an 80% probability of a Bank of England November hike and approximately 100 basis points of total BoE tightening by end-2027 — a backdrop shaped by an energy-cost shock tied to the Iran war.
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