Keep an eye on bonds, not the stock market

Sabri Ben-Achour Aug 1, 2017
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Keep an eye on bonds, not the stock market

Sabri Ben-Achour Aug 1, 2017
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Alan Greenspan is warning in an interview with Bloomberg that we are in a bubble, a bond market bubble. The former Fed Chairman is concerned that inflation might surprise us and bond prices might fall sharply at some point in the near future. Here’s why that would be a disruptive thing.

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