Friday, January 11, 2008

Meanwhile, Back on Planet Wall Street

The 10-year T-bond yield (^TNX) is at a 46-month low. This brings us to Elfenbein's Rule of Financial Journalism #11587: You will never hear the words and "bonds" and "bubble" used in apposition in any financial media anywhere at anytime. The bond market is always assumed to be right.

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The headline CPI rose 4.31% from November 2006 to November 2007 (the most recent data). That's over 50 basis points above the current 10-year yield.

Posted by edelfenbein at January 9, 2008 1:53 PM

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Lunch is for wimps

Lunch is for wimps
It's not a question of enough, pal. It's a zero sum game, somebody wins, somebody loses. Money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another.