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$DASH There’s a brutal, time-tested rule in global macro:
Bond yields don’t rise forever without something breaking.
And right now… the pressure is getting uncomfortably high.
We’ve seen this movie before — and it never ends quietly.
📉 FLASHBACK: 2022–2023 — WHEN YIELDS TURNED TO WEAPONS
As U.S. bond yields surged at record speed, the damage wasn’t obvious at first. Equity markets wobbled… crypto bled… but the real stress was hidden inside balance sheets.
Banks sitting on “safe” long-duration bonds suddenly faced massive unrealized losses.
Then in March 2023, the system cracked.
💥 Silicon Valley Bank collapsed.
Confidence evaporated. Liquidity vanished.
And markets learned a painful lesson:
👉 High yields expose weak foundations.
🇯🇵 NOW THE SPOTLIGHT SHIFTS TO JAPAN
Japan is the last place markets expected trouble… which is exactly why this matters.
📊 Japanese Government Bond (JGB) yields are now at a 27-year high — and the move isn’t slow or controlled.
It’s steep. Vertical. Violent.
For a country that lived with near-zero rates for decades, this is not normal. This is regime change.
⚠️ WHY THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
Rising yields aren’t just numbers on a chart — they create real-world damage:
• 📉 Bond portfolio losses at banks and institutions
• 🏦 Stress on banks & pension funds holding long-dated debt
• 💣 Exploding debt-servicing costs for one of the most indebted governments on Earth
• 💱 Yen pressure, capital flight, and currency instability
On the surface? Markets look calm.
Underneath? The system is tightening like a pressure cooker.
❓ THE REAL QUESTION ISN’T IF — IT’S WHAT
When yields reach these levels, something eventually gives.
So what breaks first?
• A bank caught on the wrong side of duration risk?
• A pension fund forced to de-risk?
• The yen, triggering capital chaos?
• Or a panic-driven Bank of Japan intervention that shocks global markets overnight?
None of these outcomes are bullish for “business as usual.”
🌍 BIG PICTURE — WHY THE WORLD SHOULD CARE
Japan is not isolated.
It’s deeply embedded in global liquidity, carry trades, and bond markets.
If Japan breaks: • Global yields react
• Currencies swing violently
• Risk assets reprice fast
• Crypto volatility explodes
History is clear:
Yields don’t rise endlessly without consequences.
👀 FINAL WARNING The bond market doesn’t scream.
It whispers… then snaps.
Stay alert. Stay hedged. Stay awake.
Because when something breaks in bonds — everything else follows. ⚠️🔥
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