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October 31, 2011

Bonds Beat Stocks for First Time Since 1861

Cordell Eddings, Bloomberg

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The biggest bond gains in almost a decade have pushed returns on Treasuries above stocks over the past 30 years, the first time that’s happened since before the Civil War.

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