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The minutes of January’s FOMC meeting show no expectation that rates or inflation are soon to explode higher. But what is becoming more evident is that this near-zero rate policy is starting to...
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If you have followed all the news about sovereign debt risks in the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain), you would think that perhaps the Euro was about to implode overnight or that...
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The government is slowly winding down its added liquidity additions via mortgage and securities purchases from banks and lenders. Sort of. Ben Bernanke’s outline of how to exit the end of free...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) (NYSE: BRK-A) has already seen its ratings cut last week by Standard & Poor’s over the added leverage of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI)...
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You saw the bank bailout in the U.S. in 2008 to 2009, now it seems that the great bailout is heading the way of Greece if the reports and if the rumors are accurate. As this is the E.U. and a Euro...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) NYSE: BRK-B) is in the process of selling $8 billion in notes today to help fund the acquisition of Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI). And Standard...
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) is about to price a very large debt offering. With as many European nations as we are seeing having debt downgrades or credit concerns on their...
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SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) may have some risks for new Pandora web radio to the car and over Howard Stern’s contract expiration at the end of 2010, but that is not keeping the upgrades...
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Nuveen Investments has made an unusual filing that under normal circumstances might not matter. But we live in a near-zero rate world now where investors are looking for more interesting ways to...
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First it was Iceland, then came the PIIGS… This is of course the acronym for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain…. although this is really an issue of PIGS front and center without...
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Oil and gas developer Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE: NFX) has commenced an offering of $650 million in Senior Subordinated Notes due in 2020. The notes will be offered under an existing shelf...
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The end of 2009 was marked by many companies selling stock via public secondary offerings. 2010 has not seen the floodgates open wide, but the secondary offerings are coming. We have offerings...
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salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) may be closer to hitting the acquisition trail. The company has sold $500 million in 0.75% convertible senior notes (unsecured, unsubordinated obligations) due in 2015 in...
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Warren Buffett is raising capital. Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has just filed with the SEC to raise up to $1 billion via a sale of debt securities. It is selling its own equivalent of a...
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The effort of raising cash by selling debt at some companies just never seems to end. Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) is one of those companies. The company announced that its Level 3...
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