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  • Why the Bond Auction Fizzled: Fears of a 'Fiscal Train Wreck'

    03/24/2010 3:45:26 PM PDT · by CutePuppy · 74 replies · 2,697+ views
    CNBC ^ | March 24, 2010 | Steve Liesman
    The results of today's Treasury auction were a shot across the bow of the government.And, according to David Zervos, head of fixed income strategy at Jeffries, may be an indication of just how skittish some investors are feeling about the fiscal soundness of the United States, in light of big government spending for health care and other costly programs.“It’s the health-care realization trade,” Zervos told CNBC, post-auction, from the firm’s trading floor. “We’re coming to grips with the fact that we have a Congress that’s ready to go, and spend.”Zervos, who worked at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC last...