The government couldn't find enough buyers for its own long bonds, so the government became the buyer.
Argentina does this and Turkey does this.
We now do it 3 months before an election, and the financial press is calling it “decisive leadership.”
These are emerging market tactics, and the effect will be temporary at best.
Bessent will go down as one of the most consequential Treasury secretaries in history, and history will not be kind to him.
Short the bonds.
You cannot own enough gold.
Listen to my full take on this, and what you should own right now.
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