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Bonds Sell Off After Weak, Tailing 10 Year Auction Ahead Of Fed Minutes

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With today's 10 Year auction just an hour ahead of the traditionally negative for rates FOMC Minutes, it was no surprise that the just completed issuance of $21 billion in 10 Year paper was nothing to write home about. Sure enough, with a high yield of 2.72% tailing the When Issued by 0.8 bps or the biggest tail for a 10Y auction in 2014, the reception was hardly impressive. That said, the yield was still 1 bp lower than the March auction when bonds sold for 2.73%, which in the aftermath of yesterday's wider 3Y, confirmed that flattening is still on everyone's mind.The Bid To Cover was also hardly notable and while it was below March's 2.92, it was well above the TTM average of 2.66 at 2.76.

Internals were hardly anything to write home about either, as Dealers took down just over 40%, the most in 2014, even as Indirects were allotted 44.7% meaning Directs had only 15.2% of the allotment, the least since January.

Bottom line: unlike equities which are back into euphoria mode, the 10 Year promptly sold off on the auction news, which kneejerk momentum we assume will continue after the FOMC minutes due out shortly.

 

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Wed, 04/09/2014 - 13:53 | 4639969 Spungo
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twitter - up

facebook - up

pandora - up

linkedin - up

biotech index - up

Who needs bonds when I have the safety of Twitter?

Wed, 04/09/2014 - 13:54 | 4639974 buzzsaw99
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moar taper bitchez

Wed, 04/09/2014 - 14:02 | 4639995 aVileRat
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Talking back the walkback. Shocking. Bill Gross should be happy today.

 

Wed, 04/09/2014 - 13:59 | 4639986 Hindenburg...Oh Man
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do they tweak these minutes?  I mean do they alter what they say since the press conference and statement was such a disaster?

Wed, 04/09/2014 - 14:16 | 4640051 Hindenburg...Oh Man
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ah ...of course they do. 

Wed, 04/09/2014 - 14:01 | 4639993 Tsar Pointless
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Wake me up when the BTC goes below 1.

Until then, it's all funny money, Ponzi Ponzi Ponzi BS to me.

Wed, 04/09/2014 - 14:04 | 4640001 Spungo
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"I mean do they alter what they say since the press conference and statement was such a disaster?"

They say something like "we will continue to destroy the currency and that's why anyone holding bonds is fucking retarded"
 

Wed, 04/09/2014 - 17:38 | 4640952 Not Goldman Sachs
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Twitter --backed by the full faith and credit of narcissistic tweeters and insecure, obsessed, twatter-feed followers. Fully backstopped by old Yeller and commrade banksters. Btfh.

Thu, 04/10/2014 - 00:56 | 4642203 elwind45
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Greece

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