Shorts Targeting Bond ETFs Look to Long End of Yield Curve

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Still, betting against Treasurys is, to this point in 2016, an ambitious and losing bet.

According to the Bank of America Corp.’s U.S. Treasury Index, Treasuries have returned 4.8%, the most at this period of the year since 2003, as traders anticipated a falling likelihood of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike, with the probability of a move this year dipping to about 49% from 74% at the end of May, Bloomberg reports.

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