Short-Term vs Long-Term Treasuries
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Bills and 2-year notes hug Fed policy. The 30-year is a duration engine. Barbell and ladder strategies sit in between.
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Short-Term vs Long-Term Treasuries — the mechanics
Cash-like Treasuries reduce price drama. Long bonds can outperform if yields fall, and can hurt if they rise. Your spending date should pick the tenor more than a yield headline.
Bills and 2-year notes: rate-reset and Fed-path instruments. 10-year: the benchmark. 30-year: convexity and long-liability hedge, with serious price swings.
A cash-like T-bill ladder is not a 30-year bond fund. Many 2022 losses labelled ‘Treasuries’ were long duration, not bill defaults.
Barbell (bills plus 30-year) versus bullet (7–10 year) changes how a twist in the curve hits you. Pick the shape that matches the liability, not a blog ranking.
Official sources (US Treasuries)
Primary statistics and prospectuses for US Treasuries are published by the issuer, not by this newsroom. The labelled links at the end of this page go to those official sites (DMO, TreasuryDirect, Finanzagentur, MEF, AFT, SNB or ECB as relevant).
Our live board is a teaching overlay: dated prints, named sources, estimated ISIN lines. It is not a replacement for the issuer’s calendar.
Punts clau
- Bills and 2-year notes: rate-reset and Fed-path instruments.
- Prices and yields change. When this site quotes them, it dates them on the live board.
- Credit of a G7 government in its own currency is not the same as a stable screen price, and not the same as a bank deposit.
FAQ
- Is a 10-year note a good default?
- It is a benchmark, not a personal default. If you need the money in two years, a 10-year is a speculation on rates.