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Bernardo de La Paz

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Wed Apr 9, 2025, 01:37 PM Apr 9

Treasury's $39 billion auction of 10-year notes is met with shockingly strong demand

Source: Market Watch

Wednesday afternoon's $39 billion sale of 10-year Treasury notes produced surprisingly robust results.

The auction produced a stopped-through of 3 basis points, meaning demand was very strong, said Tom di Galoma, a managing director at Mischler Financial Group, who described the results as "amazing." Indirect bidders took 87.9% of the sale versus the 68.4% average, he said via phone.

Immediately after the results of the auction came in just after 1 p.m. Eastern time, Treasury yields remained higher on the day, with the 10-year yield near 4.39%.

Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-eyes-700-point-dive-s-p-500-nasdaq-fall-treasury-yields-spike-as-tariffs-hit/card/treasury-s-39-billion-auction-of-10-year-notes-is-met-with-shockingly-strong-demand-bBb0kVH2NvOlC6jON6pt



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Markets going bonkers because of this and tRump tariff pause, mostly latter I think.

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DUers would be wise to invest in bonds, not stocks right now IronLionZion Apr 9 #1

IronLionZion

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1. DUers would be wise to invest in bonds, not stocks right now
Wed Apr 9, 2025, 02:32 PM
Apr 9

Worst case scenario, Trump becomes the first US president to default on Treasury bonds. Then everything else collapses too, stocks, banks, devaluation of the currency under your mattress, everything. So bonds are still safer while there's a psychotic sociopath in the white house.

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