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When he assumed the role of Chairman at the Federal Reserve in February 2006, Ben Bernanke made it known that he was a student of history who believed that rates should have been held low for the entire decade in the 1930's. As the US recovered from the Depression, he believed the failure to maintain this low rate policy contributed to the economic difficulties later in the decade.
Posted on January 15, 2012 by
Ari Socolow
For many people, the easiest way for them to temporarily part with their money while they invest it is if they never see the money in their hands to begin with. An incredibly easy to do that - while earning a current 3.06% APY - is to automatically purchase I Savings Bonds with your tax refund.
Posted on January 08, 2012 by
Riki Meier
Does it make sense to buy TIPS? What is the TIPS yield telling us about the economy and future inflation expectations? Why buy a TIPS versus a regular Treasury security?
Posted on December 14, 2011 by
Sol Nasisi
The fallout from the S&P downgrade of U.S. debt from AAA to AA+ is just starting to hit the municipal market. Following the downgrade of U.S. debt on Friday, S&P has begun to review and downgrade the debt of AAA rates cities and towns.
Posted on August 08, 2011 by
Sol Nasisi
I see the downgrade of U.S. debt by the S&P a lot like the judging role played by Simon Cowell when he was on American Idol. Here's why:
Posted on August 05, 2011 by
Sol Nasisi
Over the past three months we've heard warnings and threats from the big US credit agencies Moody's Investor Services, Standard & Poors's, and Fitch Ratings that the U.S. is on a negative credit watch and may have its AAA credit rating downgraded. All of these credit agencies are often a dollar short and a day late in spotting financial difficulty and have about 0 credibility rating risk.
Posted on August 03, 2011 by
Sol Nasisi
ETFs have been one of the recent and most successful financial engineering innovations, attracting a lot of investors and funds within a span of a few years. Here are some advantages and disadvantages of bond ETFs.
Posted by
Maulik Mody
Treasury bonds are probably not a safe place to hang out with the Fed poised to end quantitative easing. Investors might be better served to look at corporate bonds.
Posted on June 07, 2011 by
Maulik Mody
Meredith Whitney, the analyst whose claim to fame is predicting the financial crisis of 2008 is back warning about the municipal bond market. Should investors be concerned?
Posted on May 18, 2011 by
Sol Nasisi
While bond rates stay in the low 3% range why invest when blue chip stocks with upside are offering higher dividend yields?
Posted on May 13, 2011 by
Shane Adam Yellin
Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) auctioned on April 21, 2010 at a negative 0.18%. Why would an investor by a bond at a negative yield and what does it mean?
Posted on April 22, 2011 by
Sol Nasisi
Many investors wish they had a crystal ball to help them predict what will happen with the economy and their investments. What they don't understand is that something just like a crystal ball does exist - it's called the Treasury Yield Curve.
Posted by
Sol Nasisi
Citibank, Bank of America, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are creating interesting structured instruments for their subsidiaries' brokerage customers. These products offer a fixed return above those available in even the best savings and CD accounts. Is the environment still dangerous for banks and are these products too good to be true?
Posted on March 08, 2011 by
Ari Socolow
At this point in my young adult life I can tell my children (when and/if they come to exist) that when I started driving gas was $0.98 a gallon, Sudan was one nation and that dividend stocks attracted bond investors. With the decimation of 2008 and early 2009 behind us, the economy is in recovery mode. We have all heard that, but it is.
Posted on February 14, 2011 by
Shane Adam Yellin
