Investing Money Markets

How does the bond market correlate to stocks? How are bonds measured on the market?

I understand what motivates people to buy equities, but not bonds. Why does the bond market seem to behave in opposition to the stock market?

Public Comments

1. www.bond.com
2. There is no correlation between bonds and stocks. Bond vales corellated to interest rate, but not stocks. The lines on the chart (see link below) show an S&P 500 fund, a US long bond fund, a US Short-bond fund, and the 30-year US bond rates on the same scale. This chart shows all funds fully adjusted for dividends. See the chart from Investors FastTrack below