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ThinkstockIt is a new month and we have yet another investment outlook from the de facto bond king Bill Gross of PIMCO. In this monthly appearance, “Wounded Heart” refers to capitalism’s...
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ThinkstockThe State of Illinois has just seen its credit rating downgraded to A- from A for the state’s general obligation bonds. This downgrade covers some $27.5 billion. Fitch also said that the...
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Jon OggThe bull market appears to still be alive and well for equities, but the risk of rising interest rates is plaguing bonds and investments tied to big dividends. What equity investors also need...
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ThinkstockIt was just yesterday that we noted that higher interest rates may cure higher interest rates. We have now seen our second strong Treasury Note auction this week after the U.S. Treasury had...
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ThinkstockThere is an old saying: “High prices will rapidly cure higher prices.” The same may be true about higher bond yields for Treasury notes and bonds. We have been tracking a rapid rise in...
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Jon OggIs the Treasury market finally living up to its threat as the next big short? The money that was made in the period from 2007 to 2009 on the subprime mortgage short provided some of the most...
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Jon OggPerhaps the greatest leaked secret of our investing lifetimes is that the Treasury bonds went into a price bubble. 24/7 Wall St. has been evaluating sectors to show the implied risks to...
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Jon OggRising interest rates on 10-year Treasuries suddenly may start competing against the high-dividend and high-yield stock sectors. The real question is which sectors will hold up and which ones...
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ThinkstockTuesday may have seen a weak Chicago Fed report, but the Conference Board has released a more-current reading measuring consumer confidence for the month of May. This came in sharply higher...
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ThinkstockPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras for American investors, is on the verge of yet a second record corporate bond offering in the last few of weeks. The state-owned Brazilian...
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courtesy Chesapeake Energy Corp.The second largest U.S. producer of natural gas, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has prevailed in a challenge by Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (NYSE: BK), which...
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Wikimedia CommonsWarren Buffett will stay away from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) bonds for the same reason many investors have shunned them. These fixed income instruments barely yield anything at all....
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courtesy of Apple Inc.We noted earlier this morning that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) had hired Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank to act as book-running managers for the company’s planned debt issuance....
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Jon OggThe world of high yield dividends and high yield bonds has reached a level that seems almost unheard of just a year or two ago. If this is not a testament to junk bonds not being that junky...
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ThinkstockJust yesterday we saw a report from Fitch Ratings showing that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) likely would be rated in the single-A corporate credit ratings. The report seemed very harsh,...
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