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I certainly think they have a right to be a bit cautious or unnerved at this point. It certainly seems the bias for rates is upward. The bond market has been in a 30year bull trend. That has bailed out a lot of bond investors. Yields keep going down and returns are good. Hate to argue with him, but i think he is maybe too pessimistic about where bonds are. We will be in a 2. 4 to 2. 7 sort of range. We are in an environment where you will definitely see those bond yields head back towards to 2. 6 or 2. 7 level. But i am very pessimistic about the probability we can get higher than that. It is ...

Right to be a bit cautious or unnerved at this point. It certainly seems the bias for rates is upward. The bond market has been in a 30year bull trend. That has bailed out a lot of bond investors. Yields keep going down and returns are good. Hate to argue with him, but i think he is maybe too pessimistic about where bonds are. We will be in a 2. 4 to 2. 7 sort of range. We are in an environment where you will definitely see those bond yields head back towards to 2. 6 or 2. 7 level. But i am very pessimistic about the probability we can get higher than that. It is just a question of pace and pa...

After a late night vote in the house. Now president obama back on vacation in hawaii. He is prepared to sign this new bill preventing the widespread tax increases and those deep spending cuts. Thanks to the votes of democrats and republicans in congress, i will sign a law that raises taxes on the wealthiest 2 of americans while preventing a middle class tax hike that could have sent the economy back into recession and obviously had a severe impact on families all across america. So here are specifics on the bill. No income tax increases for couples making less than 450,000 a year. Itemized ded...