credible backstop
tactical backstop
one loop, two spins — flip the credibility lever
Long-end term premium versus equity-duration feedback loop
1 · structural drivers press the long end
deficit
AI capex
reshoring
inflation
long-end yields
2 · 30y at multi-dec high
duration complex
QQQ · growth tech
5 · breadth stabilises
3 · first leg down
Treasury buyback
4 · doubled backstop
4 · tactical backstop
credible
tactical
6 · credible — relief run
loop reinforces
6 · tactical — reverse to step 2
QQQ first leg down
down-rates lift
duration complex
spike sinks
duration · QQQ first
relief validates
the backstop
skid exposes
the backstop
doubled buyback
presses the 30y
backstop tactical
yields re-spike