2026-08-18 · Bond Yields Squeeze the Crowded Trades
The 30-year Treasury yield hit a 19-year high and knocked equities lower, but breadth stays intact — this reads as rotation out of crowded rate-sensitive winners, not a market top.
The Signal
Equities slipped Tuesday as chip and software names led the retreat while the Dow barely moved, all in reaction to a bond market growing genuinely nervous. The 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.33%, its highest level in nineteen years, after the Fed's July meeting produced a 9-3 vote to hold rates steady, with all three dissents wanting a hike, not a cut. A new, largely untested Fed chair and firm oil…
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