Clear Signals That Market Risk Is Elevating
August 23, 2010 at 08:42 AM EDT
It’s no secret the economic data in the U.S. and other major economies have rolled over. That’s why bond yields have taken another nose dive — hitting record lows in Germany and nearing record lows in the U.K., the U.S. and Japan, as shown in the chart below. The bond market is telling you directly … “Forget the thoughts of recovery and hunker down for more economic pain and crisis.” While most of the banter through the latter part of 2009 was about an imminent run-in with inflation, the reality is, without demand,…