Why the bond market looks so worried about the coronavirus outbreak

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Falling bond yields reflect fears about the coronavirus, yet stocks are rallying to new highs, even as the virus continues to spread.

Bond yields are edging lower as investors worry about coronavirus, yet stocks are rallying with the Nasdaq trading in record territory.

, yet stocks are rallying near their highs, even as the virus has now infected more than 40,000 people. Traders are also betting the Fed will act if need be. The futures market is now pricing in more than one Fed rate cut for this year, even though the central bank is not forecasting any and has said it is on hold. On Friday, the Fed released its semiannual report to Congress ahead ofon Tuesday and Wednesday. In that report, it said the coronavirus is a new risk to the outlook.

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Seriously? They APPEAR to be diverging?! Wow... Pink line is 10-year yield. INSANITY.

Seriously At this point, who the heck believe any of the reasons you people give for what moves these markets?

the bond market has been 'worried' about a lot of shit for years, but it doesn't matter, the Fed will keep printing dollars. Buy StoNkS!

it's a bull market, what else can you say?

Because the bond market, still has human traders?

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