Economics

Investors Are Thinking About What Could Actually Go Right in 2017

  • Prospect of easier fiscal policies worldwide fuels optimism
  • U.S. economy will be ‘very strong,’ Harvard’s Rogoff says

Farewell to Irrational Despondency

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Say goodbye to irrational despondency.

It came to a head in 2016 as investors -- seeing nothing but bad times ahead -- piled into government bonds that yielded less than they cost.