Friday, April 07, 2006

Turning Point in the Bond Market?

Great article from Bill Gross explaining why the bear market in bonds (equals rising long term bond rates) should be almost over. It's a bet I have been making through holdings in bond and majority bond mutual funds, so far with neither good or bad results (apart from missing out on stock market gains I could have made. Colonial First State's Conservative Fund has however performed nicely over this period.

Today the gold price touched $600 per ounce in the futures market and a little less in the spot market. The Australian Dollar has been rally ever since I did that transfer to Australia - so good timing for once. On the other hand the stock market has been resilient but the McClellan Oscillator has been pretty weak the last three days.

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