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Opinion: The options market is reminding investors there’s a cure for rising bond yields — higher yields

Opinion: The options market is reminding investors there’s a cure for rising bond yields — higher yields

  • Time:

    18:51

  • Date:

    08 Oct 2026

  • Read Time:

    1 min

  • Author:

    Just2Trade Research Team

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The MOVE Index — the Treasury market’s ‘fear gauge’ — has reached heights that in the past suggested yields may have peaked, at least for now

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There’s so much fear about rising bond yields, that it may actually be time to bet that yields will fall.

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A 35-year-old reader of my newsletter asked me an unusual question this week: “Should I start buying Treasurys?”

A few years ago, there’s no way that thought would’ve crossed his mind. The returns on stocks had simply been too great during his investing journey to accept a paltry 3% yield.

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