Just after these bond transactions, the yield chart for U.S Treasuries (and all bonds) peaked and crossed a years-long uptrend line to the downside, thanks to the wise decision-making of a Fed boss who inspired confidence, Paul Volcker.

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Google is wise to respond to the growing public antipathy toward its autonomous decision making on what you and I see in the form of ads and in the results we get to searches and Google is to be commended for its apparent reversal of direction.

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