What Wild Bond Moves Mean for Individual Investors

Who knew the market for US Treasuries could be so exciting?

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“Brutal rout.” “Truly historic.” “The makings of a ‘potentially vicious cycle.’”? The past few weeks in bond markets have been a wild ride for an area most people find boring.?

What happened: Lower demand for long-term US Treasuries, a greater-than-expected need to fund the US deficit and hints from the Federal Reserve that interest rates may stay higher for longer have all contributed to dramatic swings in long-dated Treasury prices in recent weeks. Most notably, the 10-year Treasury yield breached the 5% mark for the first time in 16 years on Monday.

So what does it mean? And what can you do? Click here to keep reading and find out.?

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