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March 27, 2026 By yieldcurve.pro
Anatomy of a Failed Trade: The 2s10s Steepener

The 2s10s steepener requires 4x capital, carries flat, and just ran into a bear flattener. Three calculators put exact numbers on every dimension of the trade's failure — tenor by tenor, basis point by basis point.

Bonds Carry Duration DV01 Fixed Income Rolldown Scenarios Steepener US Treasury Yield Curve
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March 19, 2026 By yieldcurve.pro
The Yield Curve Has a Pop Quiz

We built a daily CFA-level quiz, then four more calculators to help you study for it.

Calculator CFA Convexity Duration Feature Fixed Income Quiz Yield Curve
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November 10, 2025 By yieldcurve.pro
Understanding Bond Duration and Volatility: Insights from the 1985 Salomon Brothers Manual

The 1985 Salomon Brothers manual on duration and volatility remains a foundational text for fixed-income risk management, providing rigorous analytics and practical applications that persist in modern markets.

Bond Volatility Convexity Duration Fixed-Income Hedging Interest Rate Risk Modified Duration Salomon Brothers Systematic Strategies Treasury Bonds
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Topics Clear
Bonds 36 ETFs 27 Yield Curve 25 Stocks 20 TLT 18 SPY 17 60/40 13 Fixed Income 11 US Treasury 11 Auction 8 Bills 7 Diversification 7
More topics (48)
Notes 7 Treasury 6 Bid to Coverage Ratio 5 Gold 5 IEF 5 Bear Steepener 4 Bond Beta 4 Feature 4 Forward Rates 4 GLD 4 IEI 4 Salomon Brothers 4 SHY 4 Stock Beta 4 Term Structure 4 TLH 4 Correlation 3 Duration 3 Fixed-Income 3 GICS 3 Recession 3 Return Stacking 3 Trend Following 3 60-40 Portfolios 2 AGG 2 AI 2 Bid-to-Coverage Ratio 2 Bond Risk Premium 2 Carry 2 Convexity 2 Direct Bids 2 Federal Reserve 2 Government Bonds 2 History 2 Indirect Bids 2 Inflation 2 Interest Rate environments 2 Portfolio Construction 2 Price Tail 2 Rates 2 Regime 2 Rolldown 2 SHV 2 SSRN 2 Term Premium 2 Treasury Bonds 2 2s10s Spread 1 3m10s Spread 1
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