Stocks for Income, Bonds for Speculation

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Buying bonds at such stupidly high prices isn’t a way to keep your investment safe—it’s speculation, says Jmackin2

In the old days, the government bond market was the calm, dependable one keeping a watchful eye on its excitable equity-market sibling. No longer. Bonds are now just as good a place to be if you like to bet on big price moves, and stocks—while not exactly a tranquil place to invest—haven’t moved any more than is usual.

The reason: panic. Yet again there is a global rush for the longest-dated bonds, pulling down the 30-year Treasury yield Thursday to the lowest ever, below 2% for the first time. In the past three months, the...Stocks plummeted Wednesday after weak German and Chinese economic data.

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jmackin2 how about stawks? at near ATHs predicated strictly on buybacks, QE and NIRP. speculation too?

jmackin2 hes right. silly investment to buy treasuries now too big of a fall in rates

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