NYTIMES (Jeff Sommer) - How to Make Sense of Mayhem in the Bond Market
The stock market is easy to talk about. But bonds are a different story. Our columnist has some pointers to help make you a bond maven.
The stock market is easy to talk about. But bonds are a different story. Our columnist has some pointers to help make you a bond maven.
Edward Yardeni, an upbeat strategist with an excellent track record in assessing the stock market, explains why he thinks the good times will continue for years.
High-quality bonds are still safer than stocks, but they have been swinging in value, so move cautiously, our columnist says.
The S&P 500 is in position for a rare fourth year of consecutive annual gains. Risks are rising, our columnist says, yet Wall Street is doubling down.
Investor enthusiasm culminated in some of the worst cases of wealth destruction in the last 100 years, a long-running study shows.
Rampant enthusiasm is buoying tech shares to levels that defy gravity. Invest with caution, our columnist says.
Executive compensation is accelerating while rank-and-file workers lag, widening the pay gap in corporate America.
When newly public companies have been valued as richly as SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic seem likely to be, the outlook for ordinary investors has been poor.
Interest rates for long-term Treasury bonds have surged to levels last seen in 2007, before the great financial crisis.
Stock investors are betting that companies will make enormous profits, despite the war. But investors in bonds, including U.S. Treasuries, have other concerns.