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Bond Bubble Blabber Blather………………..by BDI

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Crystal ball, descending line graph and share prices. Image shot 2009. Exact date unknown.

Have you noticed that the extremely well respected bond fund managers Jeffery Gundlach & Bill Gross have been out in force all over the financial media in a concerted effort to assure us that the sharp spike in bond yields is nothing to get too concerned about?  Anytime big league fund mangers are overtly delivering sure-fire batting instructions and pitching perfectly timed advice on the markets, my antennas go up as I become suspicious of a dastardly curve ball heading directly for the plate.  Why now and why such persistent prognostic public pronouncements over the stadium’s loud speakers? (more…)