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Ben Baden
Bond yields are soaring, which means bond prices are falling. This has some investors panicking
According to the poll, more than half of Americans want the Fed's powers curbed, or the
entire organization abolished. Asked if the central bank should be more accountable to
Lyle Gramley, a former Fed governor who is now senior adviser at
The goal of QE2 was to push yields lower, but a funny thing has happened since its launch. Bond yields have actually risen. (The 10-year treasury yielded 3.2 percent as of Thursday.) Experts point to a number of reasons, including news that the Bush-era tax cuts could be extended, which has sparked concerns about the deficit in the United States. This leaves investors in a precarious position. Since the financial panic in 2008, they've been shunning the stock market, but now the bond market seems to be floundering.
Could this be the year investors begin to embrace stocks again? From the beginning of the year through late November, investors have poured a net
Investors aren't used to losing money in bonds, but that's exactly what happened to many fixed-income investors last month. The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index lost 0.57 percent in November, according to
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