http://moneymorning.com/2009/06/10/treasury-yields/ Global Investment News Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:41:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://moneymorning.com/2009/06/10/treasury-yields/comment-page-1/#comment-6795 Has the Housing Market Really Hit Bottom or Is It Headed for Another Collapse? Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:11:10 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=7671#comment-6795 [...] Money Morning: Rising Treasury Yields Could Trip Up the U.S. Recovery [...] [...] Money Morning: Rising Treasury Yields Could Trip Up the U.S. Recovery [...]

]]> http://moneymorning.com/2009/06/10/treasury-yields/comment-page-1/#comment-6794 Terry Leigh Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:39:13 +0000 http://www.moneymorning.com/?p=7671#comment-6794 I just read your article on rising Treasury yields and was surprised to note that no mention was made of role that the weakness of the American $ may have. I believe that globally people are reducing their holdings in American $ out of fear of future inflation and further weakness. It was easy for the Fed to drop interest rates when the US $ was the currency of choice in a "flight to safety". Now that the worst of the fear has passed I think the "flight to safety" crowd is going for "less risky" ( not in American $) investments be they bonds, stocks or even just bank accounts. Why would anybody hold investments in a currency that the central bank and the government is so hell bent devaluing, in order to bail everyone out from their prolifigate borrowing and spending. In all of this no one gives any thought to the "savers"; those people who saved and invested wisely they thought, only to have their assets destroyed by our shameless political and financial leaders. I just read your article on rising Treasury yields and was surprised to note that no mention was made of role that the weakness of the American $ may have. I believe that globally people are reducing their holdings in American $ out of fear of future inflation and further weakness. It was easy for the Fed to drop interest rates when the US $ was the currency of choice in a "flight to safety". Now that the worst of the fear has passed I think the "flight to safety" crowd is going for "less risky" ( not in American $) investments be they bonds, stocks or even just bank accounts. Why would anybody hold investments in a currency that the central bank and the government is so hell bent devaluing, in order to bail everyone out from their prolifigate borrowing and spending. In all of this no one gives any thought to the "savers"; those people who saved and invested wisely they thought, only to have their assets destroyed by our shameless political and financial leaders.

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