Bond yields are an even bigger market risk than bitcoin, according to a Wall Street strategist

 Joe Zidle, a portfolio strategist at Richard Bernstein Advisors, believes that investors are going into 2018 assuming that rising bond yields — which move inversely of prices and affect consumer borrowing costs — will stay low. Source: CNBC Forget bitcoin — the biggest risk to stocks next year will actually be the bond market. That’s…

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As Bond Yields Rise, Some Investors Fear Another False Dawn

Promising signs in the bond market, as yields are heading higher around the world, a move typically linked to rising expectations of economic growth and inflation. Source: The Wall Street Journal As the Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee prepares to meet on Tuesday, one signal suggests that investors believe the economy, and financial markets, may be finding…

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