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If the \u201crisk-free\u201d rate is no longer quite as risk-free, that raises the cost of capital for everyone, which of course is a negative for all financial assets.&nbsp; &nbsp;Then late last night, the House budget bill, which has the potential to further expand the deficits that concerned Moody\u2019s, passed through a committee vote that had previously failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, a negative start for index futures.&nbsp; But the pattern of dip buying in stocks is quite well established at this point:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Let pesky foreigners sell overnight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wake up (optional: make coffee, brush teeth, shower)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch for 8:30 economic news<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chase rallying markets after stock market opens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rinse, repeat<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m of course being facetious, but it is not necessarily that far off from the now-routine behavior patterns we see.&nbsp; And the more a pattern works, the more it gets reinforced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet we do have the aforementioned improvement in the bond market to thank for the sustainability of this morning\u2019s bounce.&nbsp; Earlier today we saw yields higher across the curve, with notable steepening at the long end.&nbsp; At their worst, around 9:00 EDT, 10- and 30-year yields were about 10 basis points higher, while 2-years were up about 4bp.&nbsp; All three were breaching some key psychological levels &#8212; 2-yr &gt; 4%, 10-yr &gt; 4.5%, 30-yr &gt; 5% &#8212; but they had all retreated below those points by about 10am.&nbsp; That justifiably bolstered the move in stocks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the overnight jitters, VIX never cracked 20.&nbsp; Traders are pricing in a bit more volatility, but there is still not significant demand for hedges.&nbsp; Remember, despite the past volatility, VIX, which is a 30-day lookahead, has only moved from portraying relative complacency to very slight jitters.&nbsp; Traders are focused much more upon the recent plunge in short-term volatility than on the medium-term, as shown in the graph below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-spx-volatility-implied-white-right-scale-10-day-historical-yellow-right-30-day-historical-orange-right-spx-index-faint-grey-left-scale\"><strong><em>SPX Volatility, Implied (white, right scale), 10-Day Historical (yellow, right), 30-Day Historical (orange, right); SPX Index (faint grey, left scale)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"481\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/05\/Picture1-7.png\" alt=\"SPX Volatility, Implied (white, right scale), 10-Day Historical (yellow, right), 30-Day Historical (orange, right); SPX Index (faint grey, left scale)\" class=\"wp-image-204863 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture1-7.png 782w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture1-7-700x431.png 700w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture1-7-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.eu\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/Picture1-7-768x472.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 782px; 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