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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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wikicommons / SkimstaWhat we are seeing is in Cyprus an instance when taxation becomes theft. When depositors place money in banks, they assume that their deposits are safe as long as the banks do...
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thinkstockAs expected, Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) failed to make a required $541 million bond repayment scheduled for last Friday. The company claimed last week to have reached...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of the Treasury auctioned $13 billion in 30-year bonds today at an average yield of 3.248%, the highest yield in a year. Yields on 10-year notes rose 3 basis points...
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Jon OggThe Dow Jones Industrial Average has now risen for nine consecutive days and is now at a record high close of 14,455.28. We have not confirmed the exact period but this appears to be the...
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ThinkstockWhat generally happens after bond yields rise? At least some investors decide to go chase the yield at a new Treasury note auction and that is what we have just witnessed from the $20...
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ThinkstockUsually when you see Securities and Exchange Commission charges it is against individuals or firms bilking individuals. That is why today’s round of SEC charges looks more than just...
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Jon OggThe U.S. Treasury just held an auction for its key 7-year notes on Wednesday and demand was deemed to be short of what bond investors wanted to see. Today’s auction was not a deathblow to...
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ThinkstockThis weekend will bring the election of the next prime minister in Italy. Worrying about what is happening in Italy, Greece, Spain and the rest of the PIIGS feels “so-2012,” but anyone...
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ThinkstockMeredith Whitney was applauded for her call about the impending doom of the banking sector ahead of the recession, but she has been criticized ever since her call for billions and billions...
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ThinkstockIt looks as though things are becoming less and less dire by the week in Europe. Pressure continues to abate against the nation of the PIIGS. Even if austerity protests are taking place in...
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ThinkstockIf your investment objective relies heavily on income-paying assets and dividends, chances are good that you have either ventured into the realm of master limited partnerships (MLPs). If...
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ThinkstockThe United States Treasury’s 30-Year Treasury Bond auction just went off and the results were looking a bit better than we would have been expecting even this morning. We had noted that...
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