About this episode
Don and Tom discuss the implications of rising bond yields and their effects on investors.
Don and Tom tackle rising bond yields and the anxiety they create for investors, explaining why higher bond yields mean lower bond prices and why recent moves in long-term Treasury rates have sparked comparisons to the period before the 2008 financial crisis. They discuss inflation fears, interest rate policy, and why investors should be cautious about reading too much into bond market movements as predictors of future stock returns. The conversation reinforces the role of bonds as portfolio ...
People in this episode
Host: Don McDonald
Topics covered
- bonds
- investing
- interest rates
- inflation
- financial crisis
Keywords
- bond yields
- bond prices
- Treasury rates
- inflation fears
- interest rate policy
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Treasury
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