Chart of the day: 10-Year Treasuries vs. S&P stocks

Chart of the day: 10-Year Treasuries vs. S&P stocks
The Bespoke Investment Group's "Think Big" blog posted this chart last night - one of the most interesting we've seen in a while.
JUN 29, 2012
The Bespoke Investment Group's "Think Big" blog posted this chart last night - one of the most interesting we've seen in a while. As Bespoke points out in their post here, the 10-Year, U.S. Treasury now yields 1.74%, a yield that is less than half of what all S&P 500 stocks are now producing. Amazing when you see it laid out clearly in the image above. Even more amazing, as Cynthia Lin points out in this morning's Wall Street Journal, 10-Year yield could head down to as low at 1.5% this year...

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