This is definitely a breakout move for the yield. Hardly anybody showed up for the auction. Financial institutes are going to have to unload their bonds to pay for subprime wtitedowns.
MER might be one of the companies unloading US Treasuries. Their chart since the November '07 lows shows a flat with an ending diagonal in the wave c position. The price should continue falling quickly.
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