How you can prepare for 6% bond yields
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- The world's fastest growing major economy has one of the worst performing major equity markets in 2026.
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- Bond selloff is opening up rare opportunities for investors. Here is where to look, says major bank.The chief investment office at Standard Chartered said bond and money markets have been overly hawkish on the Federal Reserve.
- The bond market rout of 2026 may be jolting markets, but it’s also gaining a important following among savers and the risk averse.
- For decades, the S&P 500 has been the preferred benchmark for monitoring the performance of the U.S. stock market. But these days, it is behaving less like a barometer of broad market health and more like a funhouse mirror.
- Not just one, but two, major market turning points since 2000 have occurred on that day.
- The benchmark S&P 500 is up 14 percent this year despite elevated oil prices and US government debt sell-off.
- The MOVE Index — the Treasury market’s “fear gauge” — has reached heights that in the past suggested yields may have peaked, at least for now.
- The big banks kick off earnings season on Tuesday, to provide a first read on the health of the economy in a rising-yield environment.
- Savers and investors at current yields stand to benefit, but fears are growing about the rest of the economy outside of the AI boom