Rising yields can also hurt stock prices. When yields dries, investors often sell stocks in order to buy bonds. If investors can get high yields holding low risk bonds or safely keeping money in the bank, they will do it. Yet, holding bonds can also have risks as values for new and exsisting bonds change in the market. Bond prices can also drop on signs of inflation. But inflation does not seem to be a threat with a current softness in American housing marketing. New housing starts fell more the 2% in May. Most experts believe the United States Central Bank will keep interest rates unchanged when policy makers meet next week. But many investors are concerned about the pressure for higher interest rates in Europe and Asia. Another influence on the bonds market is the willingness of foreign countries to buy United States government debt. In the Asia there have been signs that some countries that hold a lot of low yield debt, want greater returns on their investments. China, for example, recently announced it will invest 3 bllion dollars in the Black Stone Group, the private equity company in New York