From outcast to on-top in months: long-term bonds

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NEW YORK (AP) — It took less than six months for some of the most feared investments to get investors to reconsider.

At the start of this year, much of Wall Street expected trouble ahead for long-term bonds. The bond market had just posted its first losing year since 1999, a result of rising interest rates. The conventional wisdom was that rates would only climb higher, and long-term bonds would bear the brunt of the impact.

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