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Bets on Long-Bond ETF Spiked a Day Before US Announced Buyback

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One or more investors piled into an exchange-traded fund that’s highly sensitive to swings in long-term US bond yields on Tuesday, a day before the Treasury Department unexpectedly ramped up buybacks of long-dated debt and sparked a rally.

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Bloomberg Markets ·2h ago

Bets on Long-Bond ETF Spiked a Day Before US Announced Buyback

One or more investors piled into an exchange-traded fund that’s highly sensitive to swings in long-term US bond yields on Tuesday, a day before the Treasury Department unexpectedly ramped up buybacks of long-dated debt and sparked a rally.