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When I was driving home from the airport last night, I passed a large billboard for a mortgage broker which has an electronic sign showing their best interest rate. I had grown accustomed to seeing it at levels such as 2.3%, so even though I follow the markets on a daily basis, I was still shocked to see the rate approaching 7%. You can see on this chart how rapidly the 15-year rate has increased:
A couple more interesting renderings from our friend LZ, who shows the fascinating relationship that high-yield corporate bonds (HYG) have with super-safe US treasuries (TLT). Check out the trendline behavior in particular:
Remember when the most boring, conservative, safe investment in the world was United States Treasury Bonds? Good times. Good times.
