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Thursday, September 22, 2011

Global Meltdown: Investors Are Dumping Nearly Everything

Global Meltdown: Investors Are Dumping Nearly Everything

Patti Domm
CNBC.com
September 22, 2011

With no solution in sight for Europe and new fears of a global recession, investors dumped stocks and commodities and ran to the safety of U.S. Treasurys.

Treasury yields, as a result, slipped to historic lows with the 10-year yielding 1.75 percent and the 30-year at 2.86 percent.

The dollar was also a beneficiary of a massive fear trade that sent U.S. stocks sharply lower, on the heels of steep sell-offs in equities markets around the globe.

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