Post-Taper Tantrum II: The Week Ahead
October 20, 2014 at 07:15 AM EDT
The prospects that the Federal Reserve would begin slowing its purchases sparked a market meltdown in 2013. The "taper tantrum", as it was dubbed, destabilized the capital markets. Now it is as if the markets have had a second tantrum, but this time US Treasuries rallied.
