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Bond Yields Have Been Hurting Stocks And It's Time For It To Stop
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Bond yields have been pressuring the stock market ever since the Federal Reserve lowered the Fed Funds rate two weeks ago. Yields have gone up, instead of down. That triggered a down 1000 points in a day drop for the DOW and a VIX spike. Markets have bounced, but been sluggish, fading into the end of the year.
Yields go opposite to the value of bonds and now it looks like we should get some relief from these moves.
Here is the biggest corporate bond ETF.