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Government's Trial and Error Helped Stem Financial Panic
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

With a modicum of hindsight now available, do governments and central banks deserve credit for preventing catastrophe? The early verdict from most scholars, executives and government insiders is...

Article | Sep 15, 2009 | Views: 106 | Comments: 0 
Tags: interest rates, federal reserve, banks, recession, treasury, money market funds, great depression, financial crisis, fiscal policy, monetary policy

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House targets Fed in Bank of America investigation
Submitted by ktexas  (news.yahoo.com)

A House panel has subpoenaed documents that lawmakers say could shed new light on Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's role in Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch. I'm no fan of...

Article | Jun 20, 2009 | Views: 123 | Comments: 0 
Tags: banking, economy, bank of america, federal reserve, banks, treasury, merrill lynch, financial crisis

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Don't Count on TIPS
Submitted by ktexas  (www.kiplinger.com)

Their inflation protection will likely be overwhelmed by their vulnerability to rising interest rates.

Article | Jun 16, 2009 | Views: 112 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, inflation, investing, mutual funds, risk, treasury, investment, tips, bond funds, safety

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Citigroup Bailout Pays Taxpayers Three Times as Much as S&P 500
Submitted by mcjam87  (www.bloomberg.com)

"June 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. taxpayers have reaped a 7.5 percent return on the $45 billion used to rescue Citigroup Inc., more than three times as much as if the money had been invested in the...

Article | Jun 12, 2009 | Views: 79 | Comments: 0 
Tags: banks, treasury, bailout

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Treasury Should Pay off Debts with $68 Billion in Repaid TARP Funds
Submitted by JRodgers  (bestcashcow.com)

Ten financial groups including JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs were given permission by Treasury to repay $68 billion in TARP funds yesterday.

Article | Jun 10, 2009 | Views: 81 | Comments: 1
Tags: obama, bear stearns, lehman brothers, treasury, geithner, tarp

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Inflation-proof your portfolio - TIPS and TIPS Mutual Funds
Submitted by ktexas  (www.bankrate.com)

A good overview of TIPS, TIPS mutual funds and ETFs with comparisons of the advantages and downsides between individual TIPS bonds and bond funds.

Article | Apr 19, 2009 | Views: 186 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, inflation, investing, personal finance, treasury, tips, tips bond funds

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Update on Series I Savings Bonds: Six Months of 0% for All Existing I Bonds
Submitted by ktexas  (bankdeals.blogspot.com)

The Labor Department released the CPI numbers for March. We saw the first 12-month period of deflation (as measured by the CPI-U) since 1955. Most of the deflation was in the last quarter of 2008....

Article | Apr 15, 2009 | Views: 81 | Comments: 0 
Tags: inflation, treasury, savings bonds, i bonds, deflation, safe investments

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Series I Savings Bonds Considerations for the Short Term and Long Term
Submitted by ktexas  (bankdeals.blogspot.com)

The Series I Savings Bond currently has a composite rate of 5.64%, and it's available through April 2009. This rate is much higher than you can get now with any CDs, but it's not really that good...

Article | Mar 23, 2009 | Views: 144 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, inflation, savings, investing, treasury, savings bonds, i bonds, deflation, risk free investments

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Treasury Secretary Nominee Tim Geithner "Forgets" To Pay Self-Employment Taxes
Submitted by KyleAAA  (amateurassetallocator.com)

Obama's Treasury Secretary nominee Tim Geithner claims his tax troubles were an honest mistake. Don't believe it for a second. Either he's a liar or an idiot.

Article | Jan 13, 2009 | Views: 165 | Comments: 0 
Tags: obama, treasury, geithner, tim, secretary

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Bad News For Seniors: No IRA Help For 2008
Submitted by ktexas  (www.forbes.com)

The Treasury has decided against granting any relief to retirees who were hoping to take smaller 2008 distributions from their depleted individual retirement accounts. There has been talk of...

Article | Dec 19, 2008 | Views: 258 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, investing, personal finance, ira, treasury, irs

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How Deflation Would Affect TIPS, I-Bonds
Submitted by ktexas  (www.fxstreet.com)

These bonds issued by the U.S. federal government are designed to give investors protection against rising prices, which can eat away at the purchasing power of interest payments. But with...

Article | Dec 11, 2008 | Views: 738 | Comments: 3 
Tags: bonds, investing, personal finance, treasury, tips, us savings bonds

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10-Year Treasury Bond Yield Drops Below 3% For The First Time Ever
Submitted by KyleAAA  (amateurassetallocator.com)

The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond has fallen below 3% for the first time ever, with negative implications for the US economy.

Article | Dec 1, 2008 | Views: 224 | Comments: 0 
Tags: yield, treasury, bond, -year

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Treasury Scales Back Money Market Fund Protection
Submitted by JRodgers  (www.bloomberg.com)

As this Bloomberg article demonstrates, Treasury has indicated that they are only insuring money market funds that existed at the close of business on Sept. 19 for the next year, but not future...

Article | Sep 23, 2008 | Views: 766 | Comments: 0 
Tags: treasury, money market funds



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