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Inside the bond market’s $800 billion ‘murder mystery.’ Here’s why the basis trade could be a time bomb—and what the Fed can do to stop it

In normal times, hedge funds help keep money markets humming by profiting handsomely from tiny price discrepancies between Treasuries and…

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Business

Why this ‘basis trade’ moment is so dangerous

The fact prices in the bond market are in decline at the same time as the stock market suggests there…

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Science

Breakthrough study discovers genetic mutation could be basis for novel treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Research led by York University's Faculty of Health reveals how a specific mutation in a protein called TRAF1 can shut…

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Science

The genetic basis of fertility, family and longevity

Led by researchers from the University of Oxford's Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and the University of Iceland, the review…

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