Thursday, 21 June 2018 10:07

The Death Knell for Stocks

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One of the big worries about the stock market right now is that the rise in bond yields could threaten appetites for equities. Well, the ultimate test of that theory has arrived. As of this week, the yield on the One Month Treasury note, yes the one month, is now just about equal to the S&P 500’s average yield. The One Month is yielding 1.84% versus 1.89% for the S&P 500. The notes have very little credit risk or interest rate risk. ETFs that invest in short-term debt have seen $17 bn of inflows this year.


FINSUM: So fund flows are starting to show why we are worried about stocks. Equity dividend funds have been seeing outflows, while fixed income funds have been seeing inflows.

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