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Here’s the ‘real’ reason stock-market investors are worried about bond yields
Investors looking to blame the stock market’s recent wobble on rising Treasury yields might want to look a little deeper. While the 10-year Treasury yield’s TMUBMUSD10Y, -0.69% upward march toward 3% is attracting attention, analysts say risky assets like equities aren’t responding to higher nominal bond yields, but are instead taking their cue from the rise in “real,” or inflation-adjusted yields. The real yield is the difference between the advertised yield on a bond and expectations for future inflation. “Real rates are now at a point where further…increases will impinge on risky asset market ... (full story)
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