Hedge funds built a $1.2 trillion Treasury trade on money they have to keep borrowing

Companies can own a mountain of US government debt without betting that bond prices will rise. Hedge funds buy Treasury securities and sell futures against them to collect a small pricing gap, borrowing most of the purchase money to make the return worthwhile. The government gets another buyer, whose interest lasts as long as the […] The post Hedge funds built a $1.2 trillion Treasury trade