James, you should consider deleting this post. The spread only says the SOFR swap rate is below the same maturity Treasury. It does not say the Fed will cut. The path is in the level of the swap. Spot SOFR is about 3.88%. The 2-year swap is near 4.65% and the 5-year near 4.76%, so the market is pricing hikes, not cuts. Treasuries are even higher (2-year 4.83%, 5-year 5.07%). Both curves are signaling higher policy rates. The negative spread is term premium and Treasury supply, not a hidden cutting cycle.
James, you should consider deleting this post. The spread only says the SOFR swap rate is below the same maturity Treasury. It does not say the Fed will cut. The path is in the level of the swap. Spot SOFR is about 3.88%. The 2-year swap is near 4.65% and the 5-year near 4.76%, so the market is pricing hikes, not cuts. Treasuries are even higher (2-year 4.83%, 5-year 5.07%). Both curves are signaling higher policy rates. The negative spread is term premium and Treasury supply, not a hidden cutting cycle.
@DrJStrategy Or
maybe breakevens stayed anchored because the Fed moved. You don’t have the counterfactual. If they hadn’t moved, the fear porn might have actually shown up in the market. You don’t know. You are looking at the treated path and inventing the untreated one.
@HenrikZeberg July 1: “today is the day you rotate into long-duration bonds. Rates are about to come down.”
10Y that day: 4.48%
10Y now: 5.24%That’s +76bp.
Bonds didn’t rally. They got smoked
https://t.co/F4yTp1Lu3L
With all due respect, people care about getting insight into what the Fed will do, not what the Fed should or shouldn't be doing. You have been suggesting to fade the market pricing in rate hikes for weeks now. So while you may eventually be right regarding macro and inflation, the truth is your timing was off.
@commonsenseplay It is fine that you like bonds here, but it is also fair to tell your followers that you also liked them 50 basis points below current levels