In the chart below you have the TIP and IEF the IEF ratio. IEF is Ishares 7-10 year treasury bond ETF and TIP is the TIPs bond etf. On the right side of the chart you have the 10 year inflation breakeven. Now looking at the two you can see that they track pretty closely. Now generally the IEF 7-10 year has a very similar duration to that of the TIP etf. Some...
Fed tightening 10 year surged to almost 3.2% when Powell tried to tighten this can be seen on the chart below. Now following that measure to tighten you see the S&P fall 20% this miscalculation of the FED to increase rates. Powell was out to pop the equity bubble, but again this miscalculation caused them to stop tightening, and on the chart below you can see this...
When economy faces drag lending and borrowing of USD tightens. Investors expect higher yield for taking more risk causing the spread to widen, and liquidity to increase this also shows expectations of future default risk. High yield spreads- option adjusted have bottomed and are now starting to slowly trend upwards. This is showing the market is not really worried...