(Bloomberg) -- Treasury investors can thank Bear
Stearns Cos. for smothering the bear market.
Traders who cut their holdings of U.S. government debt just
a few weeks ago as retail sales increased and job growth
accelerated are now snapping up Treasuries. Demand is being
fueled by speculation that losses at hedge funds owning subprime
mortgage bonds such as those managed by New York-based Bear
Stearns and London-based Cambridge Place Investment Management
LLP will spread and slow the economy.
Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News
Stearns Cos. for smothering the bear market.
Traders who cut their holdings of U.S. government debt just
a few weeks ago as retail sales increased and job growth
accelerated are now snapping up Treasuries. Demand is being
fueled by speculation that losses at hedge funds owning subprime
mortgage bonds such as those managed by New York-based Bear
Stearns and London-based Cambridge Place Investment Management
LLP will spread and slow the economy.
Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News
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