Everything You Need to Know About the Basis Trade Spooking Markets (bloomberg.com) 2 points by jocaal 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] giardini 1y ago ↗ How about a tl;dr? [–] [deleted] 1y ago ↗ (comment deleted) [–] jocaal 1y ago ↗ https://finance.yahoo.com/video/breaking-down-treasury-basis...Hedge funds were performing this trade with large amounts of debt and due to the tarrifs they were forced to sell off treasuries to obtain cash, so the treasury market tanked. This is likely the reason for trump reducing tarrifs.
[–] jocaal 1y ago ↗ https://finance.yahoo.com/video/breaking-down-treasury-basis...Hedge funds were performing this trade with large amounts of debt and due to the tarrifs they were forced to sell off treasuries to obtain cash, so the treasury market tanked. This is likely the reason for trump reducing tarrifs.
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[ 5.0 ms ] story [ 28.6 ms ] threadHedge funds were performing this trade with large amounts of debt and due to the tarrifs they were forced to sell off treasuries to obtain cash, so the treasury market tanked. This is likely the reason for trump reducing tarrifs.