• Where Are Interest Rates Heading In 2015? A year ago, almost every bond market expert forecast interest rates would rise as the Federal Reserve weened the markets off of quantitative easing. They were wrong .. Now, the Fed's prepping the markets for tighter monetary policy via fed funds rate hikes. Once again, most experts are expecting long-term interest rates to rise. But not DoubleLine Funds' Jeffrey Gundlach. From this weekend's Barron's: "Where the median economic forecast tabulated by Bloomberg for the 10-year U.S. Treasury Bond yield for year-end 2015 currently stands at 3.24%, Gundlach thinks the 10-year that finished 2014 at 2.17% could potentially take out its modern-era low of 1.38% yield hit in 2012.This would particularly be the case if crude-oil prices keep falling to, say, $40 a barrel from their 2014 year-end level of about $55. This further drop from the 46% decline suffered by crude in 2014 would only accentuate deflationary forces he sees at work globally that continue to drop long-bond yields...[W]eighing on U.S. bond yields will be brisk foreign buying from investors in Japan and Europe, where long-term sovereign debt bond yields are mostly lower than U.S. rates and economic growth prospects are less bright" .. For more insight about the middle market, visit mid-marketpulse.com .. >> Follow Monday Scouting Report and never miss an update!<<
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