Hedge fund legend Julian Robertson is betting the farm against long-dated US Treasurys. As Notes readers will be aware, we have been banging the drum on the vulnerability of long-dated US debt for over a month now. But Robertson, of Tiger Management fame, has a different way to make this short long-term Treasurys play (hat tip Market Folly).

British readers may see parallels between the collapse of US lender IndyMac (NYSE:IMB) and Britain’s Northern Rock (PINK:NHRKF), which failed last September.

Commodity Trend Alert editor Eric Roseman is issuing a stark warning: Your bank could be next.

If you have money in the US banking system, he recommends you put it instead in Treasury bills or exchange traded funds (ETFs) that invest in short-term Treasury securities like SHV or SHY.