Title: Bond limbo: How low can rates go?
Headings: Bond limbo: How low can rates go?
Bond limbo: How low can rates go?
Investors are running away from stocks as fast as they can.
Markets go for a wild ride
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Content: The United States still seems to be holding up better than Europe and Japan. Concerns about China's economy losing steam are also making the U.S. look more attractive. And with worries about Ebola and ISIS roiling the stock market, traders need someplace to put their money -- besides burying it in the backyard or sticking it under a mattress. "Lower rates are not a result of fears about the U.S. economy," said Michael Arone, a chief investment strategist for State Street Global Advisors. " This is a flight to safety. Investors had been much too complacent until recently." The big drop in rates is a bit curious though given that the Federal Reserve is about to end its long-running bond purchase program, a policy known as quantitative easing or QE. At the beginning of the year, many experts thought that the 10 Year Treasury could finish 2014 with a yield of more than 3%. Some thought 4% wasn't even out of the question once QE was over. What appears to be happening is that foreign investors are still buying massive amounts of U.S. debt.