Rising Rates Could Create A Disorderly Bond Market Selloff Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen
The Wall Street consensus is that Treasury yields are headed higher in 2013. That's big news because it could mark the end of a three-decade bull market in bonds. Strategists expect those higher yields – driven by an upturn in economic growth – to cause bond investors, who after three decades aren't used to seeing negative returns, to reallocate toward equities. Hence, a "Great Rotation." The prospect of higher yields has the government bond market on edge, but it's also sparked some intense analysis of what could happen to corporate debt markets if rates rise. The rumblings from
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