“The inflation component in nominal bonds plays an important role… when you hold nominal bonds, that's of course exposed… the increase in bond risks has some similarities… bonds and stocks have moved together.”
Carolin Pflueger and co-authors · Odd Lots · Why Treasuries Are 'Risky' Again
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What was described
Decomposed Treasury bond risk into nominal and inflation-indexed components, showing that the inflation component drives recent increases in bond-stock correlation
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“I measure that in the data through the co-movement between bonds and stocks… pre-2000 Treasury bonds were actually quite stock-like… post-2000 they were safe… now risk has gone up again.”
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