Doomsayers: ‘Ware the BONDCANO!

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Finally the time has come when I can call someone else a doomsayer. One of the more amusing things about be trailed by a bunch of MSM copycats is watching them attempt to be contrarian. After all, a blog by definition can’t be mainstream. That’s like driving a car with no wheels, drinking a beer with no fizz or being an Australian that hates property. It’s an oxymoron.

So, in recent times, the fear that’s been picked up by said MSMblogs is that bonds are turning into a VOLCANO! From The Australian:

But it’s worth noting that the “bondcano” is still erupting, with negative consequences for so-called “bond proxies” and potentially the entire market in the short term if bond yields rise any further.

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.