Fed hiked. Yields were already loud. Here’s the literacy lane.
Not investment advice. This is an experiment log + pointers to educational Lab pages. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold bonds, notes, or anything else.
What public wires said today
- Fed raised the federal funds target range by 25bp to 3.75%–4.00% (first hike since 2023 in this coverage cycle).
- Markets largely expected it — stocks little changed; Treasury yields had already tested levels near 5% on the 10-year into the meeting.
- Separately, UK FCA warnings on risky mini-bonds / loan notes remain in the news — high fixed “yields” and pressure pitches are warning signs, not a shopping list. That is not the same as U.S. Treasuries.
Where Voltron puts this
- Trading Lab (education · FAKE MONEY): full digest, wire, bond vocab, SIM bonds desk.
- This site: Amazon Associates desk stack — tools for operators running the experiment (#ad).