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TrimTabs and BarclayHedge report each month about hedge fund inflows and outflows, and if you have been watching the tape you shouldn’t be surprised that the trend is toward ‘outflows’ of...
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Fitch Ratings has had many reports today, but perhaps the largest call is a downgrade of Spain to “BBB” that has added some pressure to the Euro. Today’s downgrade took Spain’s Long-term...
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Fitch has already warned today that if the United States dos not get a credible fiscal plan after the elections that it would likely downgrade the United States’ sovereign credit rating. Now...
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is testifying before the Joint Economic Committee at Congress today and Mr. Bernanke is not exactly committing to any further quantitative easing or QE3. He...
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The Bank of England (BOE) followed the steps of the European Central Bank (ECB) earlier this week. This morning came news that England’s overnight and short-term rates would be kept static at...
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Gold and silver are finally acting in the manner they should be again. For months and months, gold (and silver as a more speculative gold trade) investors and speculators were having an identity...
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The European Central Bank is leaving its refi rate unchanged at 1.00%. Perhaps the larger issue is what will be said by Mario Draghi later this morning at the ECB press conference. If you have...
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The Congressional Budget Office puts out reports that are supposed to be not tied to either party but which are supposed to be indicative of the situation as it stands today with a forward outlook. ...
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We are mostly in a world where many investors are now just willing to settle for a “return of capital” rather than a “return on capital.” Still, retirees and investors who rely upon income...
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While everyone remains focused on the jobs report and the European meltdown, investors are having a harder and harder time finding real investment returns. Germany actually saw negative yields...
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You might think that record low bond yields in the U.S. and in Europe’s safer nations would have a floor of zero percent. Afterall, you cannot have a negative bond yield. Or can you? Reports...
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Bill Gross is the de facto Bond King. Running a giant institution like PIMCO give you quite some power. Gross makes monthly outlooks and his June report is not offering any great hope for a...
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Oil is down about $3.00 to under $88.00 per barrel and the fresh move to a record low in yields in the 10-year Treasury Note is meeting a growing concern about ‘risk assets’ for investors. ...
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Is this a great time be in the market for a mortgage or what? Well, as long as you don’t consider what the 10-Year Treasury yield is telling you about the economy. As “Sell in May and go...
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Stern Agee has decided to “stress test” the new Stress Tests under the Dodd Frank regulation. The current rate calls for banks with $10 billion or more in assets to get this test and there are...
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