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Stocks to Watch Today (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Pimco’s Bill Gross issued his December investment missive this morning and the verdict is: Buy utilities. Gross’s point is that the U.S. Federal Reserve is trying to “reflate” the U.S. economy by forcing investor’s to buy corporate bonds and stocks, by keeping interest rates so low that money markets are [...]
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Central bankers are poised to begin unwinding a range of 'monetary loosening' measures launched after last September's collapse of Lehman Brothers
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
I've written several times here in Money and Markets about the geopolitical time bomb surrounding China's currency manipulation. The most recent was in my October 31 column. [More...]
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The Fed sure loves those tri-party repos. From allowing bankrupt stocks as collateral when Lehman blew up, to extracting all the value out of insolvent companies when the time comes to extract liquidity (some time in 3000 AD), here is what the NY Fed thinks of the initial forray into liquidity management. With triparty repo counterparts apparently expanding to virtually all market players (just in...
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Back in August, I did something I rarely do here in Money and Markets ... I profiled a specific stock, one that was currently in the Dividend Superstars portfolio. [More...]
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
I normally talk only about currencies here in my Money and Markets column. But today I want to address some commonly held misconceptions many investors have about how their investment portfolios should be performing in today’s market. [More...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Long-dated Treasurys led a rally as investors left money markets to grab higher yields amid economic data showing little risk of near-term inflation.
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Ultra-low interest rates in money markets and the large amount of cash in the system have led to robust demand for Treasurys even as riskier assets from stocks to oil and gold have performed well.
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Edward Harrison submits: Bloomberg News is writing a very worthy series of retrospective articles on the financial panic of September 2008. I profiled the first one on Monday. The next in the series came out Tuesday and it makes for riveting and enlightening reading. Bloomberg News reporters Bob Ivry, Mark Pittman and Christine Harper talked to a large number of market participants to get a sense...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
You don't hear money-market terms such as Libor and the TED spread being thrown around on evening newscasts these days. And that's a good thing.
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Three weeks ago, I showed you why dollar-cost averaging would have worked very well since the first time I mentioned the strategy here in Money and Markets during the summer of 2008. I got a lot of positive feedback on the story … including much amazement that this simple approach could have produced such a powerful result during such a tumultuous time for the stock market. [More...]
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
If you've followed my commentary on currencies here in Money and Markets, you are well aware of the risk dynamic that has been driving currencies and other financial markets since the middle of last year. [More...]
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 08/23/2009
Romeo Fayette submits: One of the problems with all the intervention to keep interest rates low is the miscues that result in risk management. I know a Loan Officer at Citi ( C ) who says they're not offering 30-yr fixed mortgages anymore; not a bad idea considering how much has been thrown at pinning Short Term interest rates. Hiding in the safety of ARMs, Citi's clearly hedging its exposure to the...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 08/21/2009
Dan Pritch submits: Investors and consumers seeking high yield income from savings and CD instruments are having a tough time of it right now in this low interest rate environment. As banks are lowering the rates they pay on savings and money markets to next to nothing and as CDs come due from a previous 4-5% yield, investors are left grappling with whether they should take on more risk seeking higher...
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Every week in my Money and Markets column, I try to show you how to boost your portfolio by using exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Today I'm giving you an assignment: Know your ETFs. Specifically, I want you to get familiar with six of the most popular ETFs ... [More...]
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