The end of days, or yield, or whatever

From a hyperbolic Citi, a new normal stat du jour:

The end of the world as we know it is approaching. Very few market participants remember a bond market where the structural trend in yields wasn’t relentlessly lower.

We can continue to quibble about the scope for marginal performance in both rates and credit – and quibble we will over the coming months. But for all intents and purposes any € fixed income investor is now picking up pennies – if not outright paying for the privilege of taking someone else’s credit risk. The 30yr bull-run in fixed income is on its last legs.

One third of €-denominated bonds have negative yields. 82% now yields less than 1%