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When stocks and bonds tumble together, investors look for alternatives
By Thomas URBAIN
New York, May 15, 2022 (AFP) - Wall Street equities have had the worst start to a year since 1939, while the bond slump is the steepest since 1842, which is sending many investors on the hunt for alternatives.
As US inflation has soared to its highest in four decades, the central bank has begun to raise interest rates aggressively.
And the war in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia, together with ...