Possible reasons for rate increases:· A recovering equities market that will take cash from bonds and plant it in stocks. · Real corporate earnings growth based on revenue increases as opposed to cost cutting.· Increased government deficit spending that will cause the government...

Equities were up big time on Friday and that trend continues today at the expense of Bond** yields that continue to climb higher on the expectations of better than expected jobs data to be released (that’s right, on the expectation of an expectation) and a better outlook for payday...