![]() Christopher Walken will also appear, but his character was absent from the first trailer. We also got quick glimpses of the full cast, which includes Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgård, Léa Seydoux, Dave Bautista, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, and more. We don't see the full worm, of course, but some things must be left for the actual film. The trailer depicts the actor-as Paul Atreides-romancing Zendaya's Chani, leading an army, and even riding a sandworm. For fans of the young heartthrob, Chalamet is seemingly going to do it all in this own. has given audiences a look at Dune: Part Two this week with the first official trailer-providing a teaser of the epic sand battle to come. That left the first film ending on a cliffhanger, but a sequel is officially en route, eyeing a Novemrelease. What seems to have spared Villeneuve’s Dune from the poor outcomes of previous attempts was his crucial decision to break the massive story into two parts. Wild! In his review for Esquire, Chris Nashawaty even went so far as to call the film “ the best sci-fi movie of the decade.” Ticket sales at the box office were equally enthusiastic. I’m glad Ol Skeet liked the article and kicked it over to the discussions + part of the board.Denis Villeneuve’s long-awaited adaptation of the sci-fi series Dune crash-landed into theaters and living rooms in October 2021, and the crowd went wild. Anything other than cash and ultra-short IMHO is best suited for terms longer than a year or two. ![]() However, unless you butter your bread on both sides by trading in and out of bonds - particularly the lower rated ones (as does very well) - you probably shouldn’t be too focused on your 6 month bond return. I have no major criticisms of the article. Missing in the headline, but critical to the article, is that many prognosticators predicted rising interest rates for this year - while in fact rates have trended lower with the 10 year getting below 1.95% recently before closing above 2% at week’s end. The article is correct that the past 6 months have been “spectacular” for just about any type of bond / bond fund. Since lower rated bonds react (favorably or unfavorably) to overall economic conditions (and secondly to long term rates) junk and corporates have tended to follow the stock market higher. economic expansion and bull stock market which finds itself 3 or 4 times higher than it was only a decade ago. The lower-quality bond market (ie: junk) has been helped by a record 10+ year U.S. All good if you invest in longer dated high grade bonds. Additionally, upward pressure on rates from the baby boomers buying first homes in the 70s and 80s has abated - helping drive rates lower as well. Low inflation generally translates into lower interest rates (and improving bond values). Inflation has been subdued thanks to retail giants like Amazon, less powerful labor unions and relatively cheap energy - due to fracking and other advances. There was the financial crisis and global market meltdown of ‘07-‘09 which compelled central banks to push rates lower by assorted means. So we’ve had nearly 40 years of favorable rate trends for bond investors (more than half the lifetimes of many of us). As we know, declining rates increase the value of longer dated bonds, while rising rates work against bond values. The 10 year treasury topped out north of 15% around than. As I mentioned on that thread, interest rates have pretty much been trending downward since the early 80s when Fed chair Paul Volker jacked up short term rates to stop runaway inflation. Myself, Ol Skeet, msf (and perhaps others) had commented on it. The other link to this story seems to have been deleted now.
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