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How falling bond yields are both good and bad for the economy

Dec 20, 2018
Thursday saw another big stock market sell-off.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average slumped 464 points, or 1.9 percent. The Dow is off 10 percent for December, and the Nasdaq is down more than 19 percent since Aug. 29. The bond market has been heading in the opposite direction these last few weeks, as increased investor interest […]

Why AT&T doesn't care it left the Dow

Mar 19, 2015
It turns out the Dow isn't what it used to be.