What the "bonkers" bond market means for you

2024-12-25 21:59:55 source:lotradecoin token airdrop campaigns category:Finance

Welcome to the Financial Markets Theme Park! That ride with the 250-foot drop over there is the stock market. The one with all the twists and turns and loop-the-loops? Those are junk bonds. And that little train that goes around the park? That's the U.S. bond market. Well, until recently.

That slow-plodding train has turned into a rickety roller coaster ride for investors. We head to the theme park to explain.

Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.

Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

More:Finance

Recommend

Amazon's Thank My Driver feature returns: How to give a free $5 tip after delivery

Thanksgiving may be over, but the season for giving is still upon us.Amazon is providing customers a

Olivia Culpo responds to wedding dress drama for first time: 'I wanted to feel like myself'

Olivia Culpo is opening up about criticism surrounding her wedding dress.In an interview with People

Trump returns to Minnesota with Midwesterner Vance to try to swing Democrat-leaning state

ST. CLOUD, Minnesota (AP) — Donald Trump is taking his campaign back to Minnesota, a state that has