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1220 days ago

IG bond yields set fresh record lows after Yellen appointment

Bond yields are swinging lower again amid bets that new Treasury Secretary Yellen would reopen Fed programs shuttered by Steve Mnuchin, including corporate bond buying

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IG bond yields set fresh record lows after Yellen appointment

1224 days ago

Why UK rates won't go up [Exhibit A] = Public debt highest since WW2 but servicing costs far from it

Keeping rates this low is not just distorting financial markets and private decision-making - it's incentivizing ballooning government debt

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Why UK rates won't go up [Exhibit A]... debt highest since WW2 but debt servicing costs far from it

1226 days ago

Yields over 10% barely exist anymore and over 5% is hard to come by

This chart shows the availability of different yield brackets over time- with a clear trend of lower yields

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1227 days ago

Percentage of bonds trading at negative yields is on the rise

Source: J.P. Morgan

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1227 days ago

A 60/40 equity/bond portfolio doing alright in the US

Alright, but not as impressive as a 60/40 Tesla/Bitcoin... 

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