On Wednesday, the benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield $Micro 10-Year Yield - main 2410(10Ymain)$, often referred to as the "global asset pricing anchor," hit 4.26%, its highest level since July.
1. Election trades and inflation outlooks have reduced expectations for rate cuts.
The recent rise in the 10-year yield has nearly mirrored increasing speculation in betting markets that former President Trump will win the election.
His tax cut policies could potentially reignite inflation.
According to the betting site Polymarket, Trump currently has a 64% chance of winning the November election, while Harris trails with a 36% chance.
However, Harris’s policies could also stoke inflation. Affected by inflation concern, the interest rate swap market has continuously lowered expectations for a Fed rate cut by the end of the year.
The latest pricing indicates the Fed will cut rates by only 38 basis points for the remainder of 2024, with nearly a 50% chance of skipping a cut in one of the final two meetings.
2. Rising Treasury yields are putting pressure on the stock market.
Interest-sensitive large-cap stocks like $NVIDIA Corp(NVDA)$ , $Apple(AAPL)$ , and $Amazon.com(AMZN)$ each fell more than 2%. Among the 11 sectors of $.SPX(.SPX)$, only utilities and real estate saw gains.
Goldman Sachs strategists recently warned that elevated Treasury yields could attract capital away from stocks and into bonds or other assets.
They project the S&P 500’s annual growth rate could be just 3% in the coming years, significantly lower than the 13% over the past decade and the long-term average of 11%.
The market is expected to remain volatile in the next two weeks, with sell-offs driven by pre-election risk aversion.
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Additionally, the interest rate swap market indicates a reduced expectation for a Federal Reserve rate cut by the end of the year. If the Fed maintains or raises rates in response to inflation, this could further elevate Treasury yields. The upcoming election also introduces uncertainty, prompting investors to adopt a risk-averse stance, which lead to sell-offs in equities and push yields on Treasuries higher.
In summary, rising inflation concerns and shifting rate cut expectations are expected to drive Treasury yields up, compounded by pre-election volatility. @TigerStars @TigerGPT
高盛策略師最近警告稱,美國國債收益率上升可能會吸引資本從股票轉向債券或其他資產。
他們計劃S&未來幾年,P 500指數的年增長率可能僅爲3%,明顯低於過去十年的13%和11%的長期平均水平。
他的減稅政策可能會重燃通貨膨脹.
然而,哈里斯的政策也可能加劇通脹。受通脹擔憂影響,利率互換市場不斷下調美聯儲年底降息預期。