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Bond Traders Defy the Fed and Spark Heated Debate on Wall Street

From finance.yahoo.com

The bond market’s reaction to the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts has been highly unusual. On that point, at least, there is broad agreement on Wall Street. By some measures, a disconnect like this, with Treasury yields climbing as the central bank lowers rates, hasn’t been seen since the 1990s. What exactly it means, though, is another matter. Opinions are all over the place, from the bullish (a sign of confidence that recession will be averted) to the more neutral (a return to pre-2008 market norms) to the favorite culprit of the so-called bond vigilantes (investors are losing confidence the US will ever rein ... (full story)

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