Bond yields are falling dramatically as the stock market comes down since there is a massive rush to the security of Treasuries. While the implied probability of a move following the August...
Standard & Poor's strategist Sam Stovall, who just a month ago predicted that the market would drop another 10% from its March 17 trough (by which time it had fallen 19% from it October peak), now...
With targeted Retirement or Lifecycle Funds, you pick when you expect to retire. These mutual funds will increase the percentage of bonds vs stocks as you approach retirement. The theory is that...
Lest you think the failure of the auction rate securities market was just rattling Wall Street and Main Street, Techcrunch posted an article about how it has impacted Silicon Valley. Apparantly,...
The market for auction rate securities is still failing, pushing up the yields on these bonds and preventing some investors from getting their money out. As I mentioned before, if you aren;'t...
Continuing fallout from the credit and bond crisis as cities and states say they no longer agree with the ratings given them by the rating agencies. In general, municipal bonds are rated below...
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries rose the most in more than two weeks and headed for the best annual returns since 2002 after a government report showed sales of new homes in the U.S. declined to...
Several politicians have proposed giving each child born in the country a bond that matures after a certain period of time. The idea is to foster an idea of savings and start everyone off in the...
S&P and Moody's those venerable rating institutions totally missed the coming storm on the sub-prime market. Until June sub-prime bonds were rated AAA. Most are now junk.
So much for the experts.
Marketwatch recently posted an article about the attractiveness of Municipal Bonds, pointing out that some long-term munis pay a tax equivalent rate of over 7%. But investors should consider...
If the possibility of an investment doubling in 2 years is 60%, then what percentage of your money would you invest. Think carefully before you answer. You might say you are willing to bet 30% of...
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