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doc03

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8. That does have something to do with it, investors are expecting interest rates to raise

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Nov 23, 2016, 05:32 PM

Nov 2016

so bond values are dropping. Investors are moving out of the bond market into equities so stocks are going up. My retirement fund has actually dropped
because I am about 56% into fixed income.

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the media is attributing stock market climb to trump [View all] spanone Nov 2016 OP

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That does have something to do with it, investors are expecting interest rates to raise doc03 Nov 2016 #8

On election night, the media was attributing the stock market drop to trump as well. hughee99 Nov 2016 #10