The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield has surged above 4.90%, its highest since 2023, even after the Treasury tripled its long-term bond buyback to $6 billion.
That is the uncomfortable part: Treasury announced a larger intervention meant to support the long end, and yields went higher anyway.
At 4.92%, mortgages, corporate borrowing and the government’s own refinancing costs all become increasingly painful.
🇮🇷 Reports of explosions are coming in from around the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian media says blasts were heard in Sirik, Minab and Qeshm Island, with authorities saying some appeared to come from the direction of the sea. Sirik was reportedly hit by “hostile projectiles.”
Who’s firing is still unconfirmed. In Hormuz right now, that distinction matters quite a bit.
🚨🇺🇸 Oil just punched back above $100, and Wall Street is feeling the heat...
Brent closed at $101.21 yesterday after U.S. strikes on Iranian tankers and Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia gave traders another reason to worry about supply.
And pretty quickly, this becomes everyone else’s problem too.
U.S. gas is already averaging $4.22 a gallon.
Diesel? Record $5.94.
That feeds inflation, which makes cutting rates a whole lot harder.
Bond yields jumped, the S&P 500 fell 0.5%, and suddenly everyone’s watching the Middle East and the Fed at the same time.
Oil is basically squeezing the market from both sides now.