I think it is mainly about changes in market sentiments. When stocks got a break earlier this month from declining bond yields, which index led a stock market rally?: It was the (very) interest-rate sensitive Dow Jones. Today, which index is leading the rally?: The growth-sensitive NASDAQ.Quote from gharghur2:
Hey Steve,
I noticed something I hadn't seen in quite a while:
Bonds making new lows for the day ... while Stocks were making new highs
Think there is some major money coming out of bonds and going into stocks...like in asset allocations of funds
The remaining question is why aren't bonds bringing stocks down? The answer is in the yield curve. Short-term maturities -- taking into account the volatility differences between maturities -- have a much smaller propensity to go down than longer maturities because inflation worries have been a much bigger concern than fears of stiff short-term rate hikes since late February.
