Sibling Discord

Stocks and bonds are two of the better-known asset classes in the family of potential investments. Last week, they were in opposition. 

Bond yields have been moving higher in anticipation of the Federal Reserve raising rates again. For a while last week, every maturity of Treasury – from the 1-month Treasury bill to the 30-year Treasury bond – boasted a yield above 4 percent. Some shorter-maturity Treasuries yielded more than 5 percent.