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How Stocks, Bitcoin and Other Investments Fare in a 0% Interest Rate World
On Long Reads Sunday, a reading of a John Street Capital piece on the realities of a market characterized by zero-bound interest rates.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:11 a.m. Published Oct 18, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
On Long Reads Sunday, a reading of a John Street Capital piece on the realities of a market characterized by zero-bound interest rates.
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On this week’s Long Reads Sunday, NLW reads: “Capital Allocation & Risk Asset Ramifications in a 0% Interest Rate World”
The piece examines how different asset classes – from stocks to bonds to bitcoin and beyond – fare in the context of a world where the Federal Reserve is determined to keep interest rates at or near zero for years to come.
See also: ‘The Fed Meetings Are a Dead Spectator Sport’ – Best of The Breakdown September 2020
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