"The Treasury is also having to borrow more money, partly because of the tax cuts, and issuing more debt tends to raise yields."

Also lots of spelling errors throughout the article. Somebody at WaPo forgot to run spell check.

"It is a Big Mistake for you to go down!!"

now lower than Credit Suisse which is rare

Dive! Dive! Dive!

If they have a 401k they have probably lost most of it if not all.

What are they going to think when their credit card minimums go up a ton when the rates increase. When they can't afford to buy a car because of the rate increase.

even when the economy is very strong, low unemployment, relatively high wages, most or all the S&P 500 companies are in the black, etc. it can suddenly sink like a rock for no apparent reason. there is not much rhyme or reason to it. and who knows what the people who run the companies do with your money anyway. they may put it in the company or move it to the Caymans, give themselves multi-million dollar bonuses instead of re-investing who knows.

people with IRAs and 401ks are getting wiped out right now. you might as well take all your money to Vegas and bet it all at the roulette wheel.