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Global Bonds Suffer Worst Drawdown Ever As Massive March 'Squeeze' Rescues Stocks From Rout
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler DurdenGlobal Bonds - worst drawdown ever
US Bonds - 3rd worst Q1 since the Civil War
US Yield Curve - greatest Q1 flattening ever
Commodities - best start to a year ever
Oil - best start to a year since 1999
Regular Gasoline (at-the-pump) - fastest rise ever to record highs
US Stocks - 3rd biggest short-squeeze rebound in March since Lehman after worst start to a year for stocks since 2009 (2nd worst in over 30 years)
Ruble - stronger against the dollar in March after ugly Jan/Feb
Across the major asset-classes, gold outperformed with stocks and bonds ugly...
While all global stocks bounced in the 2nd half of March, Chinese stocks suffered the most in the quarter (China Tech -21% in Q1, worst since 2008), followed by Europe and then US...
In US equity-land, Trannies ended Q1 unchanged while the Nasdaq ended down around 8%, despite March's surge higher. This is the 2nd worst start to a year for stocks still since 2008 (with only the COVID crash worse)