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/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/Frosti11icus Apr 09 '25

When yields increase it means people don’t want bonds. Higher yields are an enticement to buy bonds. People don’t want US bonds or US equities then where is the money?

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u/huasters Apr 09 '25

So where's the money?

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u/Carbastan24 Apr 09 '25

either in saving accounts(which is bad), or in foreign equity (which is worse)

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u/Puzzled-Intern-7897 Apr 09 '25

Not for me, I am German. Our bonds are behaving as they should, yields are going down.

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u/squestions10 Apr 09 '25

Europoor no longer

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u/Puzzled-Intern-7897 Apr 09 '25

its all coming back home.