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Hale "Bonddad" Stewart: Actually -- There Is A Credit Crunch 
Huffington Post | by Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Thu, Dec 18
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Step 2: The yield on various bonds and assets are compared to the Treasury curve to measure "risk". People assume that US Treasury Bonds are the safest investments in the world. Therefore, comparing the interest rate on various assets to the comparable Treasury (the Treasury with the same...
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Bonds have surprised as yields for U.S. Treasury bonds have moved lower again this month. The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yielded 3.40% as the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond yielded 4.18%. Both of these benchmarks are well below the highest rates reached in June of 2009 for the year. Many would have though...
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