What Rising Treasury Yields Mean for the Economy 

I think you are the only finance RU-vidr that can make a video about treasury yields and still make it very entertaining. Great work

this channel that I watch for entertainment is getting dangerously close to sounding like my university corporate finance courses lol

I like hearing about sticking to my long term goals to weather the storm. That effectively translates to “don’t have to actually do anything”, appealing to my lazy nature.

Canadians explaining US markets to Americans, there’s something poetic about this.

I like facts even if they're "boring" so thank you

Economists have successfully predicted 13 of the last 6 recessions

This is an impressively clear and coherent explanation of Treasury dynamics.

Thanks for having the Basics section in there for those of us that are still learning! Really appreciate it

Your narrative on such topics you assume to be "boring", is really what makes your videos interesting and informative to watch & stay till the end. Thanks as always Mr Bagel 👍🏻

I really appreciate you explaining these things in a way that makes sense

Thanks Richard for another down-to-earth detailed explanation. I am a big fan of your work.

Always content of the highest caliber. Thanks again.

I'm really glad I can get the full view from The Plain Bagel before I've even heard the breathless predictions. I'm not interested in the average finance channel's perspective. You provide what few channels can!

Thank you so much for presenting us such quality videos with clear information. Keep it up! :)

One of the best videos I've ever watched explaining treasury bond yields! Kudos to you, you've made over 130k people better informed off of this.

Thank you for this, as usual! ❤ from Malaysia!

Superb job of keeping your enthusiasm under control. Kudos😅

Thank you i finally understand inverted yield curves now❤

That jingle at 1:40 makes you seem like a financial superhero "Captain Compliance! Calming fears with sound financial strategy and unsensationalized market analysis." Your channel is awesome dude! I show it to everyone who is trying to understand the economy and markets. Keep up the great work 😄

Great video! Very informative Richard, thanks you.

This is an amazing explanation for everything going on right now. Congrats!!!

I get that the market may be a little freaking about the interest rates but, as I see it, we were all acclimated to very low interest rates. The rates right now are basically a norm. It increases innovation, gives everyone’s head a shake that a buy and throw away economy isn’t staying around. Maybe , just maybe , we all will have to make things that last and are fixable. If not, then we will just have to go without. It’s time we appreciate and respect what we covet and learn to make it last.

Please take this as a positive Richard; when it comes to making real world economics boring and real you are the best !!

Wow I never thought there’s a beautiful explanation of this out there. Keep up the good work man

Awesome work. Thank you for making these videos

I really appreciate and need the steady hand approach these videos provide. I’m new to the market and to receiving pay based on equity, so it can be panic inducing. These videos help keep it in perspective.

Would love a video on what the normalization of these interest rates may look like in the future.

Appreciate the analysis without sensationalising or trying to sell a narrative like many other finance channels.

Great videos! I just have one nitpick with phrasing: When you say there's a "selloff" or money being "pulled out" of a certain asset class, it implies that the stock or bond market inflate or deflate like a balloon, with money being the air "pumped in" or "pulled out". As you know, for every seller there is a buyer.

thanks for getting rid of my confusion! you are appreciated

Great content, great presentarion. High level. Thank you

Rising yields also signifies resource constraint in the economy. That is, the opportunity cost of government spending is higher. Unless you think the government spends money very efficiently, that means lower growth and productivity.

This is not boring; this is essential for future survival-----Bill from Pennsylvania

This is a great explanation .... thank you

Excellent video. Really helped me to understand!!!

Very intensive discussion, thanks

Great video and very rational and balanced viewpoint.

Love me some plain bagel. I tell my friends about your channel.

Love this video. Very educational

Great video. Although there was nothing in here I didn't already know I thought you covered pretty much most of the points on the topic. I might add that sell offs could also be a rush to liquidity in consideration of a potential financial crisis. Cash is a position in itself.

Awesome educational video !

Deleveraging cycles are painful, but usually also necessary to return to healthy growth in the real economy. Particularly in Canada, this process is long overdue imo

Yay, now I know what to talk about in my business class

Great video, thanks Richard!

Very calm delivery. I look forward to coming back in a year to rewatch this to see if you or Peter Schiff was right.

I like your videos like this. I think i need to watch it like 10 more times to grasp everything though

This channel, The Money Guys, 2 Cents, and Patrick Boyle are the best financial RU-vidrs by far. Great content!~

Thank you very much!

More than just a plain bagel. Thank you

ty mr bagel

really informative! Thank you. Video request: How rapidly rising interest rates affect the housing market and the likelihood of of defaults. What default % could be absorbable and what % would "break" the housing market. Just a suggestion. Love the videos.

Keep up the good work!

Great video Richard

Excellent video ❤

Great video! I want to see how all this unfolds in the next 2 years.

A great summary of the current state of the bond market, the various inputs that go into it and the stakeholders that stand to gain/lose from this. I have done a lot of research on the historic equity market (S&P500) moves during yield curve inversion. What was particularly interesting to me is that each and every uninversion of the 10-2y curve since 1978 (six times for their respective recessions) has signalled equity market weakness in the short term, with the average one year maximum drawdown (from the market peak) of about -22%, yet in two thirds of these cases, the market rebounded and posted average gains of ~8.5% in this timeframe. The initial uninversions also signaled more medium term weakness, with a stock market bottom being found 6-24 months post uninversion and an average drawdown from initial uninversion to the bottom of ~25%. I think risky asset prices have a fair way to increase yet, as indicated by the FED's stance on "higher for longer" and the hotter than expected labour conditions, but the uninversion will be a stark omen of things to come.

Don't say "sorry, that'd my child" That moment added such a human element to this otherwuse plain explanation of this bagel.

Amazing video Richard

Your content is terrific

Decent video for an overt Canadian. 😉 That being said, I didn't notice any mention that much of US debt is short term and close to 1/4 of it ($7.6 TRILLION) will mature in the next 12 months.

I wish you the best of luck on your kitchen remodeling!

I really like the way you reign in the overreacting online. Nuance is always important and easily lost

Hi thanks for the content. I think a video on the recent treasury quarterly funding plan and how it thinks when it chooses to spread its debt and borrowing across maturities would really be helpful. Another topic that viewers might find interesting is that are big banks hedged enough to weather unrealized losses after this bear steepening. Thank you.

Bring back the animations with bagels and all that! These videos are awesome but hard to stay on top of. Or even some subtitles

Amazing content!

Thanks Richard!

Thanks as usual for the level headed and data driven discussion. There's so much doomerism and rage farming these days, especially around economcs. Glad to have found your channel!

I have never clicked on a video so fast

Good to know, thanks

Really nice channel. I work the last years at ECB as an economist but this big picture was not so obvious to me - though it should be.

Good job thx

I cannot believe I just found out about your channel!

As someone preparing for the CFA charter / student of Finance, your videos are super helpful to see the concepts play out IRL! Thank you Bagel, super nice video!

I really appreciate this breakdown unlike the chaos noise of some other videos I’ve seen where they just induces fear and are headline grabbers.

awesome video!

Watched the whole video, good information!! When you said “it’s my child” I deleted my previous comment

So sometimes the invert yield curve is followed by a recession. But what is something else that has happened in the past after a yield inverse? the economy just picking up steam again?

Those "highly deflationary" bank crises seem to be backstopped with BTFD now, which is highly inflationary. RRP draining is upward pressure on rates as well. All this new financial engineering reminds me of the old.

Interesting that you cited Morning Brew. Probably the first time I've seen that.

Question Richard if I may ask, So it’s best to lock in now with high yielding bonds and follow the rate cut or rate hike? Love the Videos!!

Thanks

You know a finance youtuber knows his shit if the conclusion of all of the content is "we don't know"

Always great content

Nice one

When bond yields rise company spending declines - think of the interest of the lender being their return on investment. The higher the yield the more money you take home. The decline in company spending will trigger the recession we’ve been hearing about - however debt is only half of the story. Companies gain revenues through sales of equity as well (stonks). Company assets = liabilities + equity. It’s impossible to predict what’ll happen but we can have a pretty good idea by gauging the signs.

awesome video

Another important factor in the treasury market is the resolution of the debt ceiling issue. For many months the federal government funded itself through “extraordinary measures” like raiding federal employees’ pension funds. Now the victims of these gimmicks must be made whole, so the treasury is issuing a lot more debt than normal.

Thanks!!!

Save Festivus, no bagel!

Scary how much I agree with your point of view. I am invested in Stocks, Munis and annuity. Managed by Merrill Lynch and BAC. So I worry.

Nice vid! I'm wondering what your thoughts are surrounding the idea that "the bond market is the most sophisticated market," specifically the sentiment that these are top-dog players with tons of inside info? e.g. One could argue the bond market saw the shutdowns coming. Obviously some subjectivity there but I think it's important to clarify the viability of this idea when talking about the inverted yield curve; essentially, inverted yield curve equals the guys with the most inside info know something bad is coming. Any truth to this perception?

Great vid

Would love a video on the hilarity of the anomolous 20yr yield compared to the 10yr and 30yr due to illiquidity and its history

I think social security should be the next video

this is gold.

9:40 I'd be interested in hearing more about the debate around that

"... and to make it boring." That's exactly why I signed up to this channel :D "Keep it simple & stupid." Some people and the media tend to blew things out of proportions, whereas in the world of finance and business, things aren't that extremely interesting or mind-blowing - complicated, can be, but never or rarely so dramatic as some people would like to see it. PS: I think your kid had a very fair point there xD

Nice

LOVE the term "FinTwit"!

Thanks gingy.