“I measure that in the data through the co-movement between bonds and stocks… pre-2000 Treasury bonds were actually quite stock-like… post-2000 they were safe… now risk has gone up again.”

Carolin Pflueger and co-authors · Odd Lots · Why Treasuries Are 'Risky' Again

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Measured Treasury bond risk by calculating the co-movement (correlation) between Treasury bond returns and stock returns over different periods

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