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http://www.investment-analytics.com/files/lecture%20notes/Bond%20Trading%201999%20-%20Trading%20the%20Yield%20Curve.pdf


‘STEEPENERS’
􀂄Bet that the yield curve will steepen
􀂄Buy the short end, Sell the long end
􀂄‘FLATTENERS’
􀂄Bet that the yield curve will flatten
􀂄Sell the short end, Buy the long end
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/2s10s-under-200-bps-first-time-april-2009-curve-collapse-adds-fuel-fire-macro-fund-implosion

2s10s Under 200 Bps For First Time Since April 2009, Curve Collapse Adds Fuel To Fire Of Macro Fund Implosion Rumor
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 08/25/2010 07:14 -0500

2s10sEuropean Central BankJulian Robertson


The 10 Year continues to burrow ever deeper inside 250 bps, last seen at 2.46% or 8 bps tighter on the day, as now the Greek-Bund spread has blown up: did the fake stress tests buy Europe all of one month of time? A country fully backed by the faith and credit of the ECB is once again imploding - what can we say about the "faith and credit" of the ECB then? The only thing keeping the EUR from plunging at this point is the expectation that the Fed will (soon enough) print another cool $2-3 trillion. And the kicker, for Julian Robertson and whatever the macro hedge fund rumored to be liquidating (aside from the TRS which we pointed out yesterday), the 2s10s has just crossed inside 200 bps, the tightest the spread has been since April 2009. Since at least half the market players are still stuck holding on to steepeners, and are now about 30% underwater from the top 4 months ago, add 10x TRS-based leverage, and you can see why whatever fund is blowing up now won't be the last.