“She dramatically cut the supply issuance of bonds and notes and flooded the market with bills… the 10-year note… went down to 100 basis points”
Macro Voices · MacroVoices #552 David Rosenberg: Navigating The Noise
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What was described
cut long-dated Treasury issuance and flooded the market with short-term bills at the November 4th refunding announcement
100 basis-point rally in the 10-year note over ~2 months; shift from long-dated to bills
Said nearby on the same subject
“Instead you want to announce the decision and then you want to think okay say you're announcing it to sales customer success billing and marketing what's marketing going to be thinking what's sales going to be thinking what's customer success going to be thinking what are they going to be worried about what are their objections going to be what...”
“It has $365 billion of cash that's mainly invested in short-term treasuries… the Fed essentially gave Berkshire a billion-dollar raise by raising rates.”
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Said on Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing
Why it worked$365 billion cash; $1 billion gain from rate riseShare this moment
“The treasury buyback program ... we’re going to buy back that 28-year bond ... and we’re going to issue treasury bills”
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Said on The Master Investor Podcast with Wilfred Frost
Why it worked$6 billion buyback; 28-year bond; Treasury billsShare this moment
“People will pay more for something which is liquid, even though the cash flows on those two treasury bills are exactly the same.”