Fri. Mar 6th, 2026

As my colleague Duru pointed out to me the other day, the long bond is looking a little sickly lately. Indeed, the iShares Barclays 20+Year Treasury Bond Fund (ticker: TLT) is down nearly 10 percent since its late August 2010 highs:

The bond market is not betting on deflation–at least not in the long run.

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