NEW YORK – October 1, 2026 (STL.News) Two major corners of the U.S. financial markets are sending investors noticeably different messages about risk. The bond market is experiencing one of its most significant periods of stress in decades. The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield surged Thursday to 5.342%, its highest level since early 2002, as a historic selloff in government debt continued. At the same time, volatility in the Treasury market has increased sharply. Yet equity-market volatility has remained comparatively restrained. The Cboe Volatility Index, better known as the VIX, recently hovered near a one-year low even as interest-rate
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