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Reports of what appears to be am effective government takeover of Bankia in Spain, ongoing debt and capital concerns of the banks, and borrowing costs approaching 7% are all culminating with the...
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The world of master limited partnerships (MLPs) has brought great reward to investors in recent years. 24/7 Wall St. wants to know if the enthusiasm can stay in this sector this summer now that so...
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The U.S. Treasury just sold $35 billion in two-year notes and the demand for this auction was the highest since last November when equity markets had faced serious weakness in the weeks and months...
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Bonds of the Treasury variety may be the safe haven against a falling stock market. They hardly pay anything in yield, but they haven’t yet faced a meltdown. The woes of Europe, the slowing BRIC...
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The last of this week’s Treasury bond auctions went off rather well. This was the Treasury auctioning off $16 billion in long bonds, or the 30-Year Treasury Bonds. The yield went off at 3.09%...
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Jon OggSo, just two weeks ago it looked as though “Sell in May and go away!” was not going to be as strong of a theme in 2012 compared to 2011 and to 2010. In 2010 the market had enjoyed a 13...
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What happens when you have an appreciating dollar? Commodity prices tend to fall, all other things being equal. But what about when you have a scenario where risk-on investors are not buying...
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Standard & Poor’s has just lowered the sovereign credit rating of Spain. We have warned that the downgrades were not over for Spain nor for the other PIIGS nations. We would go ahead and...
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Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) is getting put under even more fire dure to its CEO double-dipping by Aubrey McClendon. Standard & Poor’s has just downgraded the corporate credit...
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Yesterday brought on a near-record low yield for a 5-Year Treasury Notes auction. A 7-Year Treasury Note auction today managed to put in a record-low on the yield at a 7-Year auction. The $29...
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The FOMC’s statement today is going to be clarified a bit further if you look at the comments from Ben Bernanke and friends that came out at 2 PM EST today. What is important to know is that...
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Ben Bernanke and friends at the FOMC have decided in a 9 to 1 vote to keep the monetary policy as is. Interest rates steady at the target 0.00% to 0.25% for overnight rates. This was no shock and...
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The U.S. Treasury is still able to borrow at almost unbelievable interest rates. A $45 billion offering from the Treasury for a 5-year note offering actually managed to go off at what appears to be...
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Spain auctioned $3.2 billion in bonds. Demand was solid. Spain paid high yields, but not as high as many had feared. Yields well above 6% would signal that the nation could not sustain the borrowing...
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The U.S. federal government budget deficit was roughly $198.16 billion in March. The Treasury’s report showed it to be the second highest deficit so far this fiscal year behind the $231.7 billion...
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