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Harley Bassman on Trump, the Fed, and the Bond Market

2024/11/7
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The discussion begins with the market reaction to Trump's election win, focusing on the bond market's volatility and the Fed's upcoming meeting.
  • Trump's election win led to a market rally, but bond yields also shot up.
  • Volatility in the bond market increased due to election uncertainty.
  • The Fed is expected to cut rates, but this hasn't stopped the rise in yields.

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The US election is over and Donald Trump has won a second term as president. Stocks have rallied on Trump's win, of course, but some of the more interesting moves have taken place in the bond market. Not only have yields on US Treasuries shot up, but expectations for volatility in the world's most important market were also shifting higher ahead of Trump's win. All of this is happening even though the Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut benchmark rates again this week. So what's driving higher yields? On this episode, we speak with Harley Bassman, managing partner at Simplify Asset Management and creator of Convexity Maven), about all the recent moves in bonds and what could be coming next. 

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