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.
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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