A Bond Selloff Is Rocking the World. You Might Want to Take the Other Side.

A Bond Selloff Is Rocking the World. You Might Want to Take the Other Side.·The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street is really worried about bonds. What is spooking markets, however, is that much of the recent rise in yields doesn’t appear to reflect expectations of stronger economic growth. Rather, it might be the result of investors applying a higher discount or “term premium” to hold long-term bonds, estimates by the Federal Reserve suggest.

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