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Can the Fed hold on Until the $1.75T Social Spending Bill is Resolved?

The Occasional Speculator
Nov 16, 2021
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Can the Fed hold on Until the $1.75T Social Spending Bill is Resolved?

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The Fed has succeeded in propping up the bond market (ie keeping interest rates low) long enough to get the infrastructure bill passed. Once the final Democrats dream- the $1.75T social spending bill- is either passed or scrapped, I believe political pressure on the Fed to keep printing the money declines. At that point the odds of a collapse of the bond market surges. Note the recent treasury auction described as a Bond Auction Disaster’ is a sign that the Fed’s ability to delay the interest rate surge is weakening.

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My favorite way of playing that continues to either short or buy puts on the Eurodollar. I recently bought a bunch of June 2022 98.00 puts which are IMHO dirt cheap. It cost me $60- including commission- for each put. If that contract- currently 99.55 got down to 97.00- meaning short term rates got to 3%- then the put which cost me $60 would be worth $2500 and if it got to 4% interest then the put would be worth $5000…etc…

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thanx, Lisa

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Lisa Schmidtke
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Nov 29, 2021

Great article Bob!

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