Oct 8, 2015

Central banks around the world are selling U.S. government bonds at the fastest pace on record, the most dramatic shift in the $12.8 trillion Treasury market since the financial crisis. Sales by China, Russia, Brazil and Taiwan are the latest sign of an emerging-markets slowdown that is threatening to spill over into the U.S. economy. Previously, all four were large purchasers of U.S. debt.Steve and Sinclair review an incisive article on global debt buying and selling by the Wall Street Journal. In the Q & A segment, investment manager Gary Kaltbaum joins the A-Team to give us a preview of the earnings seasons and what to make of stocks like Amazon and Catepillar.