A decade after the crisis, The Fed plans to shrink its bond holdings

Re:A decade after the crisis, The Fed plans to shrink its bo... by drunkpotato on Monday September 18, 2017 @10:52PM (#15281425)

Is it possible that bonds and equities both lose value?

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Re:A decade after the crisis, The Fed plans to shrink its bo... by hkmurakami on Monday September 18, 2017 @10:59PM (#15281454)

Yes, esp since over the last decade we saw a bull market in both bonds and equities, where the equity market was arguably driven by loose monetary policy.

If the equity markets were buoyed significantly by policy, then unwinding this would have the inverse effect.

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Re:A decade after the crisis, The Fed plans to shrink its bo... by AlexCoventry on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @12:07AM (#15281696)

You could maybe see the fed funds rate rising through the early naughties, followed by the Great Recession, as an example of that.

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