Rates and Bonds  

The speed with which this move in the bond market is occurring is whipping around the much-smaller stock market.

The economy is running hot, without stoking runaway inflation, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is claiming some of the credit -- thanks to new-and-improved methods used by central bankers to set U.S. interest rates.

The news out of the Fed triggered computer programs to sell equities, but there is no follow through so far today.

The market is anticipating higher rates and some inflation and that likely will matter at some point, but not yet.

The central bank forecasts up to 7 rate hikes through 2020, but the market thinks it could be far less. (Sponsored. Written by Blu Putnam and Erik Norland)

Apply the lessons of that boring trading year to today's market.

Bonds soar to 73.5 cents on the dollar on improved company cash flow.

The 2-year Treasury yield, TIPS and gold all indicate the Fed shouldn't be forced to put a clamp on inflation.

The firm's 5.3% bonds are a good barometer of the automaker's creditworthiness.

Interpreting the 'shifting stars' of Fed policy.