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10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens

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The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield briefly touched the crucial 5% threshold on Monday, with oil prices marching higher, jitters about artificial intelligence growing and investors looking elsewhere for safety.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond

    Long-term bonds move when yields change

  • IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

    Treasury bonds move when yields change

  • SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

    Short-term bonds move when the Fed changes rates

  • SPY SPDR S&P 500

    Stocks move when the Fed changes the rate path

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • JPM JPMorgan Chase

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • BAC Bank of America

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • GS Goldman Sachs

    Bank profits move with lending and interest rates

  • XLF Financial Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of financial companies

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

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Price since this story was published: United States Oil Fund (USO)

Since the first closing price after “10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is -0.67%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is +1.21% over the same days, a -1.89% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +2.82%, a -3.49% difference versus that group of stocks.

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Disclosure records for United States Oil Fund (USO) within two months of 14 Sep 2026

Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).

Who collects and who pays in energy

Companies tied to this story

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • BNO United States Brent Oil Fund

    In “10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens,” United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 14 Sep 2026 story “10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • XOP State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf

    State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf (XOP) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 14 Sep 2026 story “10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • CBAT CBAK Energy Technology

    In “10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens,” CBAK Energy Technology (CBAT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected CBAT as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology, energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • SUPX SuperX AI Technology

    For “10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens,” SuperX AI Technology (SUPX) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected SUPX as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology, ai. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ABAT American Battery Technology

    American Battery Technology (ABAT) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 14 Sep 2026 story “10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens.” Reason on file: GA selected ABAT as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ACM Aecom

    For “10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens,” Aecom (ACM) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ACM as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: technology. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How energy news reaches United States Oil Fund (USO)

“10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens” (14 Sep 2026) reaches United States Oil Fund (USO) through Energy.

What ties United States Oil Fund (USO) to the headline is this: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

A second company, United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO), is listed for a different reason: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

Dates and price levels for United States Oil Fund (USO)

BNO traded between 57.39 and 67.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.10. USO traded between 141.82 and 162.99 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 160.80. XLE traded between 60.95 and 68.51 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.80.

The energy score for United States Oil Fund (USO)

100 out of 100

“10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5%, hitting its highest level since 2007 as bond-market selloff deepens” scores 100 out of 100. The score uses 10 linked companies.