U.S. 30-year Treasury yields had reached near two-decade highs a day before Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the Treasury Department would at least double buybacks for long-term bonds. The move triggered a bond-market rally that worked against Brian Jacobsen, chief economic strategist at Annex Wealth Management in Brookfield, Wis., after he had reduced longer-term bond holdings in client portfolios. Jacobsen said the action was “an attempt to try to tame the moves” in yields rather than merely a technical adjustment, but he was not concerned that it would have a lasting effect, describing it as a superficial fix.