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In Last 10 Years Bonds Outperform Stocks By Far
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

The NY Times had an interesting article that analyzed the performance of bonds versus stocks over the last 10 years and over other extended periods of time.

Article | Oct 24, 2009 | Views: 177 | Comments: 0
Tags: bonds, equities, bonds versus stocks

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Inflation Protection for Investors: No Guarantees
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Funds holding indexed bonds, gold and commodities are popular as hedges against rising prices. Time will tell if they can deliver.

Article | Oct 5, 2009 | Views: 97 | Comments: 1 
Tags: bonds, inflation, gold, stock market, stocks, commodities, mutual funds, tips, tips funds, gold funds, commodities funds

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What the Treasury Bond Market Tells Us About the Economy
Submitted by Sam Cass  (bestcashcow.com)

While the stock market has rallied 50% in the past six months, Treasuries have barely budged. What's up with that?

Article | Sep 28, 2009 | Views: 107 | Comments: 0
Tags: treasury bonds, bonds

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Buying inflation protection via TIPS
Submitted by andys2i  (www.savingtoinvest.com)

TIPS are issued via government run auctions in maturities of five, 10 and 20 years. When the TIPS bond reaches maturity, the inflation-adjusted principal is returned to investors. If deflation were...

Article | Sep 28, 2009 | Views: 88 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, inflation, investing, risk, tips, government

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The Nightmare Portfolio of 2009
Submitted by ktexas  (latimesblogs.latimes.com)

Is it possible for an investor to be losing money in financial markets this year? With an incredible amount of bad timing and wrong-headed conviction, you actually could have constructed a...

Article | Sep 17, 2009 | Views: 249 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investments, bonds, stock market, stocks, investing, trading, bear market, market rally

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Buy-and-Hold Is Dead. Long Live Buy-and-Hold
Submitted by artv  (online.wsj.com)

After a decade in which stocks have gone nowhere and at least a quarter-century in which stocks have been outperformed by bonds, can it still make sense to buy stocks and sit on them for decades?

Article | Sep 13, 2009 | Views: 112 | Comments: 1 
Tags: bonds, retirement, index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, trading, personal finance, bear market, mutual funds, buy and hold

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Wall Street Pursues Profit in Bundles of Life Insurance
Submitted by ktexas  (www.nytimes.com)

After the mortgage business imploded last year, Wall Street investment banks began searching for another big idea to make money. They think they may have found one, life-insurance securitizations....

Article | Sep 5, 2009 | Views: 71 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, insurance, life insurance, risk, securities, investment, insurance industry, securitization, life settlements

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Rethinking Stock and Bond Allocation for Long-Term Investors
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

For at least a generation, financial professionals have urged mutual-fund investors to put more money in stocks than in bonds. The logic: Stocks power a portfolio, while bonds provide some...

Article | Sep 3, 2009 | Views: 130 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investments, bonds, stock market, stocks, investing, commodities, bear market, mutual funds, recession, asset allocation

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How Retirees Can Spend Enough, but Not Too Much
Submitted by ktexas  (www.nytimes.com)

Until a few years ago, the standard advice for retirees was that a withdrawal rate of 4 percent or 4.5 percent was about the best you could do. However, several studies have suggested that...

Article | Sep 3, 2009 | Views: 83 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, retirement, stock market, stocks, investing, personal finance, retirement planning, investment, iras

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Municipal bonds thrive despite states' deep economic woes
Submitted by ktexas  (www.investmentnews.com)

Although state and local governments across the country face staggering budget deficits, their struggles are having little effect on municipal-bond prices.

Article | Jul 23, 2009 | Views: 99 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, bonds, income, municipal bonds, investing, risk, saving, investment

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Failure of a Fail-Safe Strategy Sends Investors Scrambling
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Asset allocation, a bedrock of investing for decades, appeared to fail miserably in 2008. The conviction shared by most investors -- that they should spread their money across myriad asset classes...

Article | Jul 10, 2009 | Views: 183 | Comments: 0 
Tags: economy, bonds, stock market, stocks, investing, cash, bear market, mutual funds, recession, investment, asset allocation

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Are TIPS Still a Good Investment?
Submitted by ktexas  (seekingalpha.com)

It's not so easy to answer that question now. The performance of TIPS is a function of two main variables, and neither one today is saying that TIPS are screamingly cheap, as they were back in...

Article | Jul 8, 2009 | Views: 197 | Comments: 0 
Tags: yield, investments, bonds, retirement, inflation, income, investing, mutual funds, risk, tips

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For Older Investors, Old Rules May Not Apply
Submitted by ktexas  (www.nytimes.com)

The stock market’s damage has already been done. And if you’re one of those people near or already in retirement, you already know you’re going to have to work longer, save more or spend...

Article | Jun 22, 2009 | Views: 123 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, retirement, savings, stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, mutual funds, risk, investment, asset allocation



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