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Dow slumps 150 points and stock market stumbles as rise in 10-year near 1.5% rattles bulls

Dow tumbles 560 points for worst percentage fall in 3 weeks as bond yields surge MarketWatch 2/25/2021 MARKET SNAPSHOT Stock-market benchmarks finished sharply lower on Thursday, after a surge in bond yields inspired a bout of fierce selling in equities amid concerns over tighter borrowing conditions down the road. Investors also fretted higher bond rates could sap the relative attractiveness of buying stocks to the benefit of fixed-income investments. What did major indexes do? The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 559.85 points, or 1.8%, to 31,402.01, marking its biggest daily point and percentage drop since Jan 29. The S&P 500 tumbled 96.09 points, or 2.5%, to end at 3,829.34, its biggest fall in over three weeks.

Why Stock Investors Are Starting to Really Worry About Rising Bond Yields

Fear of inflation is causing investors to speculate the Federal Reserve may have to shift policy sooner than expected, by either reducing bond purchases or even raising rates at some point. That would be a negative for stocks. The Dow was down 559 points on Thursday. Peter Tchir from Academy Securities says the recent rise in 10-year bond yields represents a perception about inflation, but not necessarily the reality:  The rise in 10-year bond yields does not reflect an actual rise in inflation, it reflects that investors anticipate there will be a rise in inflation, he told me. Tchir notes that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has been pushing back against the idea that over-the-top inflation is coming, noting in his testimony that broad signs of inflation have not been present in the real world, and that if they do occur any such rises would be transitory.

Why Stock Investors Are Starting to Really Worry About Rising Bond Yields

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