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Economy
Wall Street Baffled by Slowing Economy, Low Yields
2011-06-01
As wall street continues to tank today....
Wall Street is having a hard time figuring out what to do now that the U.S. economy appears to be sputtering and yields are so low, Peter Yastrow, market strategist for Yastrow Origer, told CNBC.

"What we've got right now is almost near panic going on with money managers and people who are responsible for money," he said. "They can not find a yield and you just don't want to be putting your money into commodities or things that are punts that might work out or they might not depending on what happens with the economy.

"We need to find real yield and real returns on these assets. You see bad data, you see Treasurys rally, you see all bonds and all fixed-income rally and then the people who are betting against the U.S. economy start getting bearish on stocks. That's a huge mistake."

Stocks extended losses after the manufacturing fell below expectations in May and the private sector added only 38,000 jobs during the month.

"Interest rates are amazingly low and that, thanks to Ben Bernanke, is driving everything," Yastrow said. "We're on the verge of a great, great depression. The [Federal Reserve] knows it."
Not that hard to figure out guys. Uncertainty of businesses on what things will cost, taxes, health care, energy, gas, etc. for the next year or two leaves them sitting on reserves to weather the storm and not hire people. Bambi and his dhimocrats are doing everything they can to create uncertainty and to destroy our economy.
Posted by:DarthVader

#2  Wall Street Baffled

There... fixed it.
Posted by: Water Modem   2011-06-01 22:55  

#1  It's like there a mysterious link between credit volumes and low yields...

Mysterious to people who cannot do maths...
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-06-01 19:09  

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