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Ugly 30 Year Auction Tails Big As Direct Bid Tumbles To Lowest Since March 2013
Yesterday's 10 Year auction was impressive, but one can't say the same about the just concluded, and final for the week, 30 Year reopening auction of Cusip RK6 which saw a whopping tail 3 bps to the 2.567% When Issued, when the the High Yield priced at 2.597% (still, about 8 bps tighter than the March 30 auction). The main driver of this subpar demand was not the Bid to Cover ratio, which while very low in historical terms was unchanged from last month at 2.18%, but the collapse in the Direct bid, which took down just 7%, the first single digits Direct take down since May of 2014, and the lowest overall since the 4.9% in March of 2013. However, the Direct slack was more than eagerly sopped up by foreign central banks which took down a near record 51.3%, just shy of the all time high of 53.2%. Dealers were left with 41.8%.
Some more statistics from Stone McCarthy:
The 30-year bond auctions have stopped through their respective bidding deadlines by an average of 0.2 basis points over the past year, but there have been significant tails at the most recent three auctions, and the second reopening auctions over the past year have also stopped with an average tail of 0.4 basis points. The average bid/cover for 30-year bond auctions over the past year was 2.43, and the average for the four second reopening auctions was little different at 2.41. The bid/covers have been significantly smaller, however, at the bond auctions so far this year.
The result: a big hit on the long end of the bond curve which saw the 30Y trade promptly lower to 2.60% and likely wider as the surprise weakness in today's auction is digested by the secondary market.
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In a world of fiat gold is king.
Sure then again... ...in a world with 7+ billion all competing for a higher standard of living, consumable calories are necessary. I will certainly exchange some of my farm fresh food for your gold.
Better yet, have both!
Yes, my hypothesis is that the Fed is going to hold all that debt to term. There are no longer buyers of government debt other than central banks and some pension funds (that have a gun pointed at their head).
What kind of uber-chump would buy 30 year US paper?
Somebody who isn't investing their own money.
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30 year chart is starting to look a lot like the wrong side of a double top. Even a banker can see that.
http://finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=ZB&p=d1
Tsk, don't they know that those are backed by the full faith and credit of our awesome goverment????
That would be the full faith and credit of the remaining US taxpayers. The government has money and has to resort to pickpocketing.
you are going to get your money back..the question is will it be worth anything...and can you ever sell it before the due date if we have a crash as expected...
Fed wants bonds down, Fed gets bonds down. Voila.
Sure, sure, but don't let interests rates get too high...
there is no motherfucking spoon already.
low duration bond basis owners chuckling to themselves
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my theory is the dollar will start losing ground to the BRICS so they (US) will raise rates to prevent the dollar from dropping.
perfect cover. They can re-invest the funds from the debt maturing as well. Ownership has it's privileges. The Fed and their proxie have cornered the bond "market" in the west.