Summary: interest rates were not much above their yearly average lows Using this history as a guide it would not be surprising to experience a decade of low and declining interest rates Chart 5 During 2008 long term Treasury bond yields fell from 4 5 to 2 7 producing an extremely strong total return for such investments as typified by the Wasatch Hoisington Treasury Bond Fund
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