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Re:Stock and Bond Markets Dethroned: Private Fundraising Is ... by crdoconnor on Monday April 02, 2018 @07:23PM (#16740387)
>If regular investors had access to more (possibly less risky) such investment

Which could be done easily by raising interest rates above 0% and offsetting any resulting collapse in demand with counter cyclical fiscal policy.

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Re:Stock and Bond Markets Dethroned: Private Fundraising Is ... by mattnewport on Monday April 02, 2018 @07:51PM (#16740565)
Years of extremely low interest rates does seem like a contributing factor to the demand for riskier investments that may see some inflation beating return.
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