Bonds can still provide protection for investors
Bond bears thought their time had come in 2018.
Yields rose sharply in Q3, and with 10-year gilts hitting 1.72% in early October, the annual clarion call for higher yields finally looked to be playing out. But it was not to be. The new year brought...
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