Friday, March 13, 2026

$30-Trillion U.S. Bond Market ---- Steepest Two-Week climb in almost a year

The 10-year Treasury yield was headed for its biggest two-week rise since last April.  
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The extent of the 10-year yield’s rise since late February ‘runs against conventional wisdom,’ one strategist says

By Vivien Lou Chen
Published: March 13, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. ET

The conflict with Iran is producing a somewhat counterintuitive reaction in the roughly $30 trillion U.S. bond market, by sending the benchmark 10-year yield toward its steepest two-week climb in almost a year.

 ðŸ¤¯ Russia didn't fire a single shot in this war. It's already made $2  BILLION from it. Day 14. America is spending $1 billion a day bombing Iran.  And Russia — sitting

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