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Seeking A Cause After 10-Year Treasury Bond's Unnerving Move

FYI: During the turmoil in global markets on Wednesday, something happened that bond traders will not soon forget.

Soon after 9 a.m., the yield on one of the world’s most-traded bonds, the 10-year Treasury, went into a bizarre free fall. This particular Treasury note is tracked obsessively by Wall Street and is a reference for other interest rates across the wider economy. Investors see it as a haven in times of stress.
Regards,
Ted
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/seeking-an-explanation-after-a-benchmark-bonds-unnerving-move/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

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  • ***** oooooooh, I's got spurs, that jingle-jangle-jingle, as I go riding mer-ri-ly along *****

    http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/shouts-on-bond-trading-floor-yield-to-robot-beeps/

    "Until last year, the work that Q.M.M. performs was handled by human traders at JPMorgan Chase, who would shout prices into a phone and yell “Done!” when the trade was executed.
    Now, Q.M.M., which sits on the same floor as those traders in a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper, can come up with the same prices in a fraction of a second. When it completes a trade, it emits a jingling cash register sound, making the trading floor sound like an arcade."
    ..............
    "[J.P Morgan] is involved in experimental efforts like Project Neptune, a collaboration among financial firms aimed at making it easier to find specific bonds electronically.
    That will involve failures along the way when some markets don’t evolve as expected."

    Hmmm, and would these "failures" involve carbon-based investors, Mr. Rohrbaugh?
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