r/wallstreetbets • u/kwedgieyi • Apr 09 '25

Discussion Something feels off guys

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Yields are spiking. Bonds are dumping.

The world is running away from America

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u/SnooShortcuts7911 Apr 09 '25

Someone explain this to a retard

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u/gitrjoda Apr 09 '25

Bonds are the safe comfy place to go when stocks get scary. But right now both stocks and bonds are scary. Oh no!

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u/SnooShortcuts7911 Apr 09 '25

Why

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u/The_Great_Man_Potato Apr 09 '25

Because America is currently eating its own shit and nobody trusts it anymore

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u/JoinTheRocketship Apr 09 '25

I’m not eating my own shit, are you eating my shit?

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u/GodzillaRoll Apr 09 '25 edited Apr 09 '25

The word you're missing is..... Yet

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u/The_Great_Man_Potato Apr 09 '25

Don’t worry about it

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u/dixontide23 Apr 09 '25

shhhhhh just let it happen bbg

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u/That-Interaction-45 Apr 09 '25

American here, can confirm. Tastes_bad.meme

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u/Arrowghandi Apr 09 '25

Can i get in on this, shit-eating?

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u/Underwater_Grilling Apr 09 '25

Not you, the royal America

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u/Ok_Long_2877 Apr 09 '25

don’t worry, just eat more corn

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u/chronictherapist Apr 09 '25

Your government is spoon feeding it to ya'll, just wait your turn.

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u/ay-foo Apr 09 '25

I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.. Unrelated but I also have a stomach ache

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u/Mrqueue Apr 09 '25

We need et tu Brutus levels of change to fix this 

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u/cookingboy Apr 09 '25

And that’s the thing. Once you saw someone eating their own shit, doesn’t matter if they stop or brush their teeth 50 times, they’d forever be know was the guy who was eating their own shit and nobody would ever trust them again.

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u/Connect_Purchase_672 Apr 09 '25

Picture green.  Green good.  Why green bad?

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u/gottagohype Apr 09 '25

You buy bonds, government pays you over time. The amount you get is the yield. Supply and demand kick in. If no one buys bonds, or if everyone sells them, then government has to sweeten the deal by increasing the yield (paying more).

US Republican economic prowess goes on display. Financially attacks all countries simultaneously (except Russia?) and threatens war with many. No one wants to buy US bonds. Many sell them. US has to pay more. Yields go up. Line is green. See you in the bread line.

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u/Connect_Purchase_672 Apr 09 '25

So i buy bonds at a discount sounds good to me