But bonds are supposed to be the safe part of any portfolio. Investors expect them to offer stability when stocks and other risky investments take one of their notoriously sharp swings. Now even this part of investors’ portfolios is taking on water.
“Global bonds have entered the first bear market in a generation,” UBS strategists wrote in a recent report.
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