Tim Knight takes the long view on interest rates in a chart-driven deep dive. He starts with federal debt now past 40 trillion and growing exponentially on a log scale, then walks the bond bear market as a classic case of riding the escalator up and taking the elevator down, with decades of appreciation undone in about three years. 📊 tastylive: tastylive.com 📰 Get Tom's pre-market analysis every morning: tastylive.com/newsletters 📘 FREE Options Strategy Guide: tinyurl.com/bp9ms763 📱 Follow tastylive on X: x.com/tastyliveshow Chapters 00:00 Why rates matter to everyone 00:59 The exponential rise in debt 02:05 How the dollar's value shifted 02:37 The bond bull turns to a bear 03:37 Yields off the 1 percent floor 04:24 The five year fakeout 05:55 The 10 year tells the same story 06:40 The two year breaks down too 06:53 Corporate and junk yields double 07:20 Mortgages push toward 6.5 07:50 Housing completions collapse 08:25 Lennar and the home...