Readers weigh in on the resurgence of bonds, geopolitics and the economy, Barron’s Big Money Poll, and David Blanchflower’s mental-health research
Yes, bonds are finally a viable option, but for years and years, they offered scant yield plus high risk when rates finally did take off .
I suspect that investors are doing the math. Not only is our ever-expanding debt unsustainable, but also there’s doubt as to whether it can be serviced short of monetizing it.As Ken Kesey pointed out in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, sometimes the insane is sane.Eighty-five percent of Big Money Poll respondents think the 10-year Treasury will be 5% or lower this time next year; 75% think the federal-funds rate will be 5.25%-plus; and yet only 46% bet that a recession will come in that time .
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