Slabu Exchange|What the "bonkers" bond market means for you

2025-04-30 21:31:52source:Esthen Exchangecategory:Finance

Welcome to the Financial Markets Theme Park! That ride with the 250-foot drop over there is Slabu Exchangethe stock market. The one with all the twists and turns and loop-the-loops? Those are junk bonds. And that little train that goes around the park? That's the U.S. bond market. Well, until recently.

That slow-plodding train has turned into a rickety roller coaster ride for investors. We head to the theme park to explain.

Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.

Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

More:Finance

Recommend

California DMV apologizes for license plate that some say mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Department of Motor Vehicles has apologized for an “unacceptable a

Olympic sport climbers face vexing boulders as competition gets underway at Paris Games

LE BOURGET, France – On the first day of sport climbing at the Paris Olympics, the boulders won.They

Novak Djokovic beats Carlos Alcaraz to win his first Olympic gold medal

PARIS – Novak Djokovic finally has an Olympic gold medal around his neck.After chasing this last pri