Good morning. This is a pretty good summary of what happened -say- the last fifteen years
http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2013/06/focus-7

This one is interesting: the sell-off in bonds has coincided with a rise in the price of default protection…

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http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/6/25/sovereign-default-risk-for-problem-areas.html

And some more on that sell-off in bonds: “Bond yields threaten recovery in global banks’ balance sheets. Says the FT

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/872651cc-dd9f-11e2-892b-00144feab7de.html

Talking about that sell-off: this is what all asset classes have done this year and since May 22nd

http://www.businessinsider.com/market-performance-since-bernanke-may-22-2013-6

Putting things into perspective: “Gold Was a Horrible Investment from 1500 to 1965” 🙂

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/06/gold-was-a-horrible-investment-from-1500-to-1965/277186/

And talking about gold: it is all about US break-even inflation rates!! So tell me what break-even rates will do and I will be rich (I hope)

http://www.businessinsider.com/tips-yields-lead-gold-prices-2013-6

Putting more things into perspective… And more things like this if you follow the link below (via @ChristopherHo88)
https://d21uq3hx4esec9.cloudfront.net/images/uploads/ttmygh/6654/Hmmm_Jun_24_2013.pdf

Another example of what the rising bond yields mean…

http://www.bespokeinvest.com/thinkbig/2013/6/25/sp-500-stock-dividend-yields-vs-10-year-treasury.html

Ah yes, we are pretty close to the last trading day of the quarter…

http://www.businessinsider.com/last-5-seconds-of-trading-every-month-2013-6

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