In the last year, developed market bond yields have been cut in half with the last 2 days seeing a safe-haven flight that crashed yields to a new record low. With UK Gilts 10Y under 1% for the first time, Bunds crashing to record lows, Treasuries back below 1.50%, and JGBs smashed -22bps. With peripheral bond risk spiking and default risk surging, amid ratings downgrades, as Bloomberg’s Mark Cudmore notes, “gilts may prove worthy of their name, offering a superficial coating of reward that masks significant threat.”
Global bond yields hit record lows…