Comments on: Interest Rates Only High If Compared With Six Months Ago http://www.peridotcapitalist.com/2009/06/interest-rates-only-high-if-compared-with-six-months-ago.html Stock market and investing blog published by Chad Brand, Founder/President of Peridot Capital Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan http://www.peridotcapitalist.com/2009/06/interest-rates-only-high-if-compared-with-six-months-ago.html/comment-page-1#comment-1561 Ryan Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:10:31 +0000 http://www.peridotcapitalist.com/?p=1368#comment-1561 From discussions with co-workers I get the sense that people are more worried about the debt that the government is accruing with the higher interest rates....my solution to that was simple, higher taxes. Needless to say that didnt go over too well...but thats another argument for another day. As for the actual yields themselves, i argued the same point that you are saying and got nowhere. I'd like to think there was a bit of historical prospective in their case but I failed to see it....more likely they were probably argueing cnbc's talking point. I find it a bit funny how there is very little prospective involved. Side note: James Grant was on cnbc today(as most people probably know) and he was basically saying that the interest rate could start creeping up a little bit...mostly to fight inflation. From discussions with co-workers I get the sense that people are more worried about the debt that the government is accruing with the higher interest rates….my solution to that was simple, higher taxes. Needless to say that didnt go over too well…but thats another argument for another day.

As for the actual yields themselves, i argued the same point that you are saying and got nowhere. I’d like to think there was a bit of historical prospective in their case but I failed to see it….more likely they were probably argueing cnbc’s talking point. I find it a bit funny how there is very little prospective involved.

Side note: James Grant was on cnbc today(as most people probably know) and he was basically saying that the interest rate could start creeping up a little bit…mostly to fight inflation.

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