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courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) filed an automatic shelf registration yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Now we have the maturity dates and what types of notes and...
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courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not at all a company you would expect to raise capital via a stock or bond sale. The company’s share buybacks and dividends are not exactly the...
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ThinkstockItaly is one of the PIIGS, and therefore one of the big troubled spots for investors to keep their eyes on. The good news is that if the hangman is still lurking, it seems that no one can...
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ThinkstockA rally in the tax-free municipal debt market is attracting a few new issuers this year. A report at Bloomberg News notes that Stanford University and the University of Chicago are both...
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ThinkstockJeff Gundlach is widely considered to be one of the top bond fund managers out there. He is also well-known for calling an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) short selling opportunity a couple...
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ThinkstockThey say there is an exchange traded fund (ETF) strategy for just about everything. Now investors can get exposure to the senior loan market as one method of protecting assets against...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Treasury just auctioned off $13 billion in 30-year Treasury Bonds. The so-called “Long Bond” went off at a yield of 2.998% for the 3.125% coupon. Another issue to review is the...
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ThinkstockThe great debate over the budget and reducing the gigantic U.S. deficit continues to dominate the network, cable, print and Internet news outlets. The Democrat-controlled Senate passed a...
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ThinkstockWith the overseas woes of Cyprus and Europe, we are closely monitoring the Treasury Note auctions on what is a shorter pre-holiday week. Unfortunately, the 7-Year Treasury Note auction...
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ThinkstockToday’s auction of $35 billion in five-year Treasury notes produced a high yield of 0.76%, about two basis points above the yield at last month’s auction of five-year notes. The yields...
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Jon OggNormally we would not care so much about a 2-year Treasury Note offering. When you consider that the rate is a massively high 0.25% or so (can you smell the enthusiasm?), it is a wonder anyone...
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Jon OggAdvisorShares has announced the launch of the Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF (NYSEMKT: MINC). The new fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (ETF) that is said to be managed with a...
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thinkstockChesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) is raising more capital, with this latest offering being a debt offering to the tune of about $2.3 billion. The laddered maturity schedule is going...
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ThinkstockBond yields have risen over the past month or two, and many investors expected those yields to keep rising. That was before Monday. The latest European debacle in Cyprus wanting to steal...
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thinkstockChina’s one-time leader in the production of solar panels has officially been notified by its trustee that the company is in default on a $541 million bond payment and that payment has...
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