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Why stock investors shouldn't count on a "Santa Claus" rally this year

Why stock investors shouldn’t count on a “Santa Claus” rally this year

Investors, like children on Christmas Eve, expect Santa Claus to come down the chimney, walk to Wall Street and deliver the rewarding gift of a stock market rally. This year, however, investors might be better off betting on a lump of coal, rather than waiting for tangible stock market gains to emerge this holiday season, …

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The decline in 10-year Treasury yields and mortgage rates is just another rally in the bear market.  The longer uptrend in yields is intact, with higher highs and higher lows

The decline in 10-year Treasury yields and mortgage rates is just another rally in the bear market. The longer uptrend in yields is intact, with higher highs and higher lows

“Nothing goes wrong in a straight line.” This is how functional markets adapt to a new reality: higher inflation, rates. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. There was a lot of talk and hesitation and the Fed kingpin fantasized about the 10-year Treasury yield falling from 4.25% at the end of October to 3.51% at …

The decline in 10-year Treasury yields and mortgage rates is just another rally in the bear market. The longer uptrend in yields is intact, with higher highs and higher lows Read More »