{
  "id": 2674619,
  "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-2674619",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-22T22:41:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/08/22/the-30-year-treasury-now-out-yields-dividend-stocks-by-2-2-points-history-says-what-followed-the-last-time/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The 30-year Treasury yield has surpassed 5.33%, its highest level in 19 years, driven by concerns over inflation and government spending. This has resulted in a 2.2 percentage point gap between the Treasury yield and the yield of the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF, which stands at 3.1%. According to Motley Fool and Nasdaq Markets, this gap has not been seen since 2007.\n\nThe last time the 30-year Treasury yield was this high was in June 2007, when it peaked at 5.35%. Yahoo Finance reports that investors who locked in the long bond's 5.35% yield in June 2007 received exactly that yield for three decades. However, the financial crisis that unfolded soon after led to a collapse in the 30-year yield to 2.69% by the end of 2008.\n\nThe current situation presents a choice for income investors, who must weigh the guaranteed 5.33% yield of the 30-year Treasury against the 3.1% yield of the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF. The ETF, a $109 billion fund holding about 100 dividend-paying stocks, has not seen a yield gap this large since 2007, as reported by Motley Fool and Yahoo Finance.",
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        "outlet": "Yahoo Finance",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-22T23:01:01.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "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-2676368",
        "published": "2026-08-22T23:01:01.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}