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The Paradox of the Unbearable Lightness of Markets – The World Is Bad, but Finance Is Better.

The Paradox of the Unbearable Lightness of Markets – The World Is Bad, but Finance Is Better.

The investor prefers to enjoy the summer by putting aside the bad news about the world that is piling up.

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Aug 23, 2022
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The world is bad, but finance is better. While the real world is plagued by bad news, the markets seem to have moved on. Who would have bet on a 10% rebound in stocks in the summer of 2022? Probably the same person who would have bet on an interest rate easing of almost 0.5%. Indeed, anything that lowers interest rates raises the rest. Today, rates act …

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