Attention Economy


Friday, February 26, 2021

The Fed versus the Bond Market

The Fed is on a collision course with the $20 trillion Treasury market
https://qz.com/1977815/will-a-tantrum-in-the-treasury-bonds-force-the-fed-to-step-in/
 
Powell Is Patient but Markets Aren’t, Challenging New Fed Policy
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-25/powell-is-patient-but-markets-aren-t-challenging-new-fed-policy 

The return of the bond vigilantes [restricted access]
https://www.ft.com/content/542d6127-11e7-47ff-86cb-dd7bd974cda3


Past Outperformance of Bonds (unlikely to be repeated over the coming decade):
Bonds Beat Stocks Over the Last 20 Years
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/01/business/bonds-beat-stocks-over-20-years.html