Bond Madness

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When I glanced at HYG just now, I thought it was a data error of some kind. HYG is the boring old corporate high yield bond fund. It just doesn’t move like this. But it’s real. Up 25% in 14 trading days. Thanks to the Fed declaring they are going to pig out on this stuff.

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Here’s a long-term chart, just to give you some context.

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The United States is an Olympics sized swimming pool, folks, and we have just dumped into the deep end.

Oh, as for HYG? I shorted a bunch of it at 83.18 with a stop at 84.05. Bite me, Jay.