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Weekly Finance Thread - 2026-08-15

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In some personal good news, TransUnion has decided that I have a credit card again, with no changes in behavior on my part. The entire saga was baffling. My credit rating is about ~6 points lower than it was when this whole saga started, but at this point I'm not going to fight it.

I'm more global news, 30 year Treasury yields are getting bonkers

A $25bn Treasury auction of 30-year bonds on Thursday drew yields as high as 5.22 per cent, according to the US Treasury department. It marked the highest yield since the 5.52 per cent paid in August 2001, after which 30-year auctions were suspended for almost five years.

I wasn't seriously investing in 2001 outside buying an S&P 500 mutual fund. Does anybody here remember what the Feds's rationale was at the time for suspending 30 year auctions?

My credit rating is about ~6 points lower than it was when this whole saga started, but at this point I'm not going to fight it.

6 point fluxations are basically nothing, in my experience, and could correspond with the weather or the horoscope for all I can tell.

Deficits were smaller and Clinton did have a surplus briefly so probably didn’t need to issue much debt in August 2001. That’s probably why they stopped. But obviously the world changed fairly quickly so I am less sure why they waited to restart.

Chase is giving me issues with giving me a new Marriott Bonvoy card. I had it for years. Was like if I cancel it for 2 months and re-apply I get 4 nights free. So canceled it. Saying my credit score is like 736 and didn’t repay something. Only thing I didn’t repay was a rental unit that charged me damages I told them to fuck off on. My other CC says I’m 810. So I’m confused on the decline. Unless somehow it’s related to me getting an AA card for bonuses.

Over chase 5/24?

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