Defaults May Signal Bursting Muni Junk Bubble After 30% High-Yield Surge Investors in search of better
returns poured $7.8 billion into high-yield municipal bond funds
last year, pushing assets to a two-year high. They may start
experiencing losses as early as this year as default risks grow.
Stocks Likely to Fall Into `Air Pocket' as Bond Yields Climb: Chart of Day U.S. stocks rallied so much during
the past year that they are vulnerable to a slump as interest
rates rise and inflation accelerates, according to John Hussman,
who oversees about $7 billion at the Hussman Funds.
S&P 500 May Overcome January Highs, Robert Baird Says: Technical Analysis The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index may
surpass this year’s January high because market momentum picked
up without turning investors overly bullish, according to Robert
W. Baird & Co.’s chief investment strategist Bruce Bittles.
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