Is it time for investors to buy bonds again? – The National

Is it time for investors to buy bonds again? – The National

This has been a year of investment shocks, but perhaps the biggest of them all will have bypassed many private investors.

The bond market has been in meltdown, finally bringing to a close a bull run that has lasted a staggering 40 years.

What makes this particularly astonishing is that bonds are supposed to be a safe haven in a crisis. Not this year.