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2021: Tsy Negative Returns Call, 5th On Record

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Bloomberg's chief US rates strategist Ira Jersey posits "Treasury returns in 2021 could be negative for only the fifth time since index inception."
  • If our base scenario is realized and the curve bear-steepens, even on a relatively modest basis, long bonds could lose 18% in total return.
  • The front end, however, would experience a very small negative total return. Such moves could see the Bloomberg Barclays Treasury Index fall more than 3%, perhaps approaching the worst annual loss on record.
  • As yields rose in past interest-rate cycles, coupon income was able to absorb much of the price decline of bonds. However, with yields so low, there's little margin for error.
  • On a risk-weighted basis, the possible curve steepening would still cause the long end to underperform, and the belly (read five-year sector) would still do better than long maturities.
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