The Fed Cut Rates. Bonds Collapsed Instead.

When the 10-Year Does the Opposite of What It Should

Wednesday, October 29, 2025 Earnings aren't coin flips when you have a checklist. I've turned four quarterly windows into a repeatable system that delivered 82.7% average returns per $1,000 allocated. No all-nighters. No guessing. Just focused execution during the days that actually move markets. Watch the replay and see the exact playbook I'm running next quarter. 👉 [GET THE PLAYBOOK NOW] Don here... Jerome Powell just cut rates by 25 basis points. The bond market responded by selling off hard. That is not supposed to happen. The 10-year Treasury spiked from just under 4% to significantly higher levels today. Bond prices fell when they should have rallied on easier monetary policy. This move signals something far more dangerous than a routine Fed meeting. Here's what makes this critical. When the Fed cuts rates but long-term bonds sell off anyway, you're watching bond vigilantes wake up. They're pricing in either persistent inflation or serious concerns about government debt. Neither outcome is bullish for risk assets. The divergence is getting extreme: NASDAQ ripping higher on AI strength (NVIDIA hit $5 trillion market cap) Russell 2000 getting hammered, breaking through expected move lows Financials piercing downside expected moves KRE regional banks also hitting lower expected move boundaries Advance-decline line pegged to the downside while S&P stays flat The VVIX (volatility of volatility) sits at 102 right now. Looking back 15 years, that level marks a critical inflection point. Most of the time we trade below 102. When we push above it, things get real in a hurry. The risk-reward setup is terrible. We just had a stellar run in the S&P 500. Some call it overbought. The downside risk is perilous. Market breadth is awful even as indexes hold near highs. Microsoft, Google, and Meta all report earnings tonight. Combined with NVIDIA, you're looking at over $13 trillion in market cap hitting the tape. If any of these names disappoint, the damage won't stay contained to tech. It will rip through the entire S&P 500. Rising bond yields will hammer homebuilders and financials. That undermines the advance-decline line further. The concentration risk is extreme. A handful of AI stocks are masking weakness across the broader market. 👉 Click here to watch me break down why the bond market's reaction changes everything Keep your head in the game. Things are about to get wild. To your success, Don Kaufman Chief Market Strategist, TheoTRADE The Market's No. 1 Trading Guide, Free This is the perfect time to make sure you're up to speed on your trading know-how. So I want to ensure you've read our free Rebel's Guide to Trading Options - it covers all the basics of trading options. Like everything we do, the course is in plain  English. It's specially geared toward beginners but all traders will get something out of it. 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