Not exact matches
The Fed's
low interest rate policy has
driven more and more money into bond funds
as investors search for higher yields.
For example, federal loans can often be a better option for borrowing — even if you could get a
lower interest rate on a private student loan — because federal loans have advantages private loans don't have, such
as the opportunity to choose income -
driven repayment plans or qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
This should
drive bond prices even
lower as yields rise to match
interest rates.
Bearish investor sentiment, however, quickly abated
as positive U.S. economic data, combined with broader acceptance of a «
lower for longer»
interest rate environment,
drove stock returns higher.
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This should
drive bond prices even
lower as yields rise to match
interest rates.
As higher yields become available in safer vehicles like government bonds, CDs (although you have protection with Flex CDs), money markets, etc., and
interest rates are perceived to continue upward, cash leaves high yield investments,
driving the yields higher but sending the share price
lower.
Tobacco settlement bonds are the target of refundings
as the high
interest rates on older debt can be replaced with
lower cost debt via the refunding mechanism helping to
drive returns.
Low interest rates over the past decade have
driven many to abandon secure FDIC insured savings, Treasury Bills and Notes for higher risk investments such
as stocks, ETFs, and mutual funds.
And just
as lower interest rates can boost earnings and
drive the business cycle upward, higher
rates can turn the business cycle
lower and put the earnings trend in reverse.
On the valuations of stocks, it feels like the thing that is
driving recent increases in P / E is that the masses are becoming more accustomed to the ideas that 1) the entire world is getting older, 2) aging puts negative pressure on
interest rates, 3)
interest rates will be
low for a long time, and 4) stocks should be valued with earnings yields at a slight premium to 10 year Treasury yields (
as discussed in your last post).
Years of
low interest rates have
driven up house prices even
as income growth has stagnated.
Existing home sales will stay near record levels this year
as low interest rates continue to
drive the real estate market, says Canada Mortgage...
Favorable
interest rates are another
driving force behind this fall's anticipated flurry of activity,
as more than half of ERA Real Estate professionals surveyed cited
low mortgage
rates as a significant buyer motivation this season.