Rising Bond Yields Are Driving US Stocks Toward Correction Territory Markets Pulse
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News Summary
- The benchmark 10-year yield climbed on Thursday to over 4.96%, a fresh three-year high.
- The rise is coming as traders brace for the Fed to start raising rates again as soon as next week.
- A disorderly bond selloff would pose the biggest risk to the stock market, analysts say.
- The S&P 500 Index is not far below last month's record highs despite a 2% slide over the past four days."One would think that we are on the cusp of a long-anticipated correction in the equity market," said Joseph Brusuelas, RSM chief economist.
(Bloomberg) The escalating bond selloff is driving US Treasury yields toward levels that threaten to deal a significant blow to the stock market, according to the latest Markets Pulse survey.
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