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How to Short Treasuries
A low interest rate indicates a high appetite for borrowing and a high appetite to short treasuries. The fact that the two year note three days ago had a bid as low as negative 140 basis points, does that indicate that people want to short it? Why wouldn't say this? It means that there are shorts in the current two year note and it does vary by sector. There's buyers and sellers and two year notes moving around and it creates dislocation. Security is moving around, does create less supply in the market and more demand.