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A New Reason To Consider Greek Bonds
The "Greece Fire" is still going on--but is there a new possible reason to buy Greek bonds?
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Mortgage Rates are Still at Record Lows
Despite some ebbs and flows in the mortgage rates, you can still get a rate near record lows. But how long will that last?
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Is Portugal Next?
The PIGS nations aren't out of the woods yet--all eyes are on Portugal as the next to fall.
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Airline Bonds Get Boost After Big Merger
United and Continental's merger had an unexpected effect on the bond market.
Read →70% of pharma giant Pfizer's (PFE) revenue is losing patent protection in the next five years. What does this mean for the dividend, which currently yields 4.2%?
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30-Year Mortgage Rate Drops to 5.06%; 5 Year ARM Down to 3.82%
After surging to 5.20% four weeks ago, the 30-year average mortgage rate has drifted down. Today's average rate is 5.06% versus 5.11% last week according to BestCashCow/Informa data. The end of the Fed's MBS buying program has been met by a shrug of indifference by the market. Part of the drop is also due to the decline in Treasury bond yields, which hit a six week low today.
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Fed Plans Interest Rate Hike For This Summer
The Fed's plotting rate hikes, but it's not that simple.
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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.
Read →A slow new issue calendar, uncertainty over whether or not municipals are at risk from a sovereign contagionÂ, low nominal yields, underperformance versus Treasuries, more muted fund flows, tighter evaluated credit spreads, and tax-related selling have undermined confidence in municipal prices recently.
Read →Home Depot (HD) has not raised it's quarterly dividend since 2006. However, given the rosy earnings outlook this might be set to change.
Read →Broadway Federal Bank, a LA and Inglewood, California bank, is currently offering a 2.53% APY 2 year CD available to residents of all states.
Read →The Treasury today announced a new I Bond rate of 1.74% for the period between May 1 2010 and October 31, 2010. The 1.74% is comprised of a fixed rate of .20% and a variable rate of 1.54%. But a look at the numbers show some strange calculations.
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Dr. Doom Predicts Same Over Europe
Nouriel Roubini, the so-called Dr. Doom of the financial markets, isn't optimistic about Europe.
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Three Reasons The United Stock Deal Is Meaningless
When it's done they'll be the world's largest carrier--but is the marketplace all wrong for them regardless of size?
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