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A major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has seen BP lose $30 billion in market cap in the last few days. What does this mean for the stock and the dividend?
Read →Johnson & Johnson pays out 3.3% in dividends. Can this $175 billion behemoth maintain this payout? Actually, I think it's likely to grow!
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What is the Prime Rate and How Does It Impact Home Equity and Credit Card Rates?
When looking for a home equity line, an auto loan, or a credit card, you may often run into the Prime Rate. Often, it is used as the benchmark to set these other product rates. What is the Prime Rate exactly and how is it set? The Prime... Read →Yields have dropped to record lows--is now the time to bet against the United States Treasury?
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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.
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