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  "title": "The 30-Year Treasury Now Out-Yields Dividend Stocks by 2.2 Points. History Says What Followed the Last Time.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/the-30-year-treasury-now-out-yields-dividend-stocks-by-2-2-points",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-22T23:01:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Finance",
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    "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/30-treasury-now-yields-dividend-230101985.html"
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  "account": "On Aug. 18, the 30-year Treasury yield reached 5.33%, the highest level in 19 years, driven by concerns over inflation and government spending. This created a 2.2 percentage point gap between the bond and the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF, which yields about 3.1%. The last time this happened was in June 2007, when the long bond yielded 5.35%. In that scenario, those who locked in the yield faced a significant gain when the financial crisis hit, with the 30-year yield collapsing to 2.69% by 2008. Dividend stocks, however, saw a sharp decline, with 110 negative dividend actions in 2007, 606 in 2008, and 804 in 2009. The Motley Fool Stock Advisor identified 10 stocks for long-term growth, noting that Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF wasn't one of them.",
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