Articles by tag - bonds

Life after disappointment: Merck (MRK)
Merck (MRK), a leading pharma giant, is under pressure thanks to its disastrous roll-out of Vioxx, and a shaky drug pipeline. However, the company has paid a dividend every year for the last 40 years, and sits on a generous 4% yield.
Posted on November 15, 2010 by
The World's Gone Mad
Gold at an all time nominal high? Italy riskier than Indonesia? A flood of money into bonds? The world's gone totally mad!
Posted on October 22, 2010 by
Understanding Real Returns
Nearly a year ago I talked about the continued devaluation of the dollar since going off the gold standard in 1971. The truth is that politicians around the world will continue to tax citizens through inflation unless they are forced to tie fiat currencies to some sort of hard commodity. One way to see this is to look at the purchasing power of the dollar in 1967 versus the purchasing power of the dollar in 2010. The fact is that if you held had a $1 bill in 1967 and you held it until today, you could now buy $.15 of goods. The dollar has lost 85% of its value and it has served as a 4% annual tax on the US citizen. If you earned $100,000 in 1967 and never got a raise you effectively earn $15,000 today, assuming you are still working.
Posted on September 30, 2010 by
Investing for the Wrong Future
One of the greatest fallacies of investing is the dependence on historical data and returns for the basis of investment decisions. You will often hear investors saying, “over the long-run stocks always beat bonds!” Recently, the opposite has been said because bond returns have trumped stocks in the last 30 years. This must mean that bonds are better investments than stocks right? These are false conclusions. What really matters is what is going to happen in the future, not what happened in the past.
Posted on September 28, 2010 by
Dividends Beating Bond Yields by Most in 15 Years
Dividends yields are beating bond yields by the most in 15 years, as low stock prices and cash rich companies help to boost yield.
Posted on September 08, 2010 by
The Importance of University Bond Ratings
Moody's just downgraded the bond rating of several universities, sometimes even to junk bond rating. The poor financial health of a university doesn’t just affect bond investors; students are impacted as well.
Posted on August 06, 2010 by
Looking for a Relatively Safe Tax-Free Investment? Consider Zero-Coupon Municipal Bonds.
Zero-coupon municipal bonds are sold at a substantial discount from face value, and the interest is often tax-free.
Posted on July 28, 2010 by
Municipal Bonds: Is Now the Right Time to Invest?
With government budget deficits and unstable financial conditions, is it still safe to invest in municipal bonds?
Posted on July 27, 2010 by
Six Days of Nonsense
It has been about 7 months exactly since I wrote Expect the Unexpected. The last six trading days have been a glorious example of unpredictable trading in the equity markets. During those six days, the S&P 500 has fallen 6% and then regained nearly all of its ground.
Posted on July 08, 2010 by
Dow Chemical Bond Offering to Pay 4.4% for 5-Year Bond
Dow Chemical is doing a bond offering on or around June 10 for bonds with 5-7-and 10 year maturities. The bonds have the following coupon rates:
Posted on June 02, 2010 by
The Best Stable Dividend Payer in China
The Chinese stock market and economy has been on fire over the past few years, leaving nothing in its wake. However, recent price weakness has made some excellent, high-quality and consistent dividend paying stocks available at good prices. Here's my top Chinese dividend payer available to US investors.
Posted on May 18, 2010 by
Three Reasons Why Bonds Are Looking Better Than Ever
It doesn't exactly suggest itself, but in these days of huge volatility, bonds may be the place to stay.
Posted on May 04, 2010 by
Helicopter Ben Says: Interest Rates Stay Low
Ben Bernanke himself is saying that interest rates will stay low for the immediate future--but why announce such a move?
Posted on April 15, 2010 by
Relative Value: Stocks Versus Bonds
Income is a crucial aspect of all investment strategies. In my previous post, “Income from Equities or Bonds“, I made an unbiased argument that the dividend yield from stocks looked better than the income from most fixed income investments. That view remains true even though the yield on 10 year bonds has increased by 20 bps since that article on March 6th. By looking at the dividend yields of large cap stocks drawn from the S&P 500 versus the 10 year treasury yield, we can see that some stocks still look like a good value versus fixed income.
Posted on April 13, 2010 by
Caution! Retail Investors Are Back
Retail investors piled record numbers of assets into mutual funds over the past 52 weeks. This, coupled with a 17-month high in the market, spells danger for the conservative investor.
Posted on March 19, 2010 by

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