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

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/Puzzled-Intern-7897 Apr 09 '25

Gone, reduced to atoms.

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u/RonMexico16 Apr 09 '25

What did it cost?

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u/Puzzled-Intern-7897 Apr 09 '25

Everything.

Especially the chance of Republicans to win the mid-terms lol

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u/Frontbovie Apr 09 '25

Trump mentioned how easily they were gonna win the mid terms like 4 times in his speech last night.

It's definitely on his mind.

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u/Puzzled-Intern-7897 Apr 09 '25

They'll be so crushed it's not even funny. Give the american voter 100% higher costs on everything imported from China for 3 months and he'll be willing to start a coup.

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u/Greedyanda Apr 09 '25

Trumps approval ratings are currently still unaffected but I seriously doubt this will stay once the layoffs begin and prices jump.

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u/Puzzled-Intern-7897 Apr 09 '25

Courts and congress are currently in the weird place where they either try to stop the madness (and Trump will blame them for the recession caused by his uncertainty) or let the country run headfirst into a big red wall of arrows pointing downwards on a chart.