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In a new post at the New York Federal Reserve’s blog site, three bank officials took a look at the $3.7 trillion US municipal bond market. After noting that about 75% of US municipal bonds are held...
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The S&P 500 Volatility Index, also called ‘The VIX’ or ‘The Fear Index,’ is showing to be at some incredibly low levels. In fact, The VIX just dipped under 14.00 today at 13.97 to be...
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The US Climate Prediction Center continues to forecast the formation of an El Niño weather pattern in the eastern Pacific Ocean in August and September, and now Japanese forecasters have added their...
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Futures prices for gold, silver, and WTI crude are all lower today as the dollar gains strength against the euro. Oddly enough, the dollar index versus a basket of currencies is down this morning...
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Bridgewater Associates, LP is in the lead of the top hedge funds in America by size. We have just gotten a look at its equity holdings via a 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission....
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We have been talking about dividend bubbles forming for about two weeks as of now. Can the bubbles continue to inflate? Sure. But you better take a look at the 30-Year Treasury auction from...
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Stocks popped this morning as the S&P 500 is trying to challenge the levels the markets sold off of back in April and May. Today we are tracking the daily buy/sell points on the SPDR S&P 500...
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Bloomberg reported this morning that, for the first time, the value of transactions in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is set to surpass the turnover for...
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Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (NYSE: KYN) is a closed-end investment fund that invests exclusively in the realm of Master Limited Partnerships with the focus almost being entirely in various...
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IndexUniverse.com has now released its July 2012 ETF Fund Flows data and the report is showing some key changes for the month on different asset classes. The total ETF fund flows were a gain of $16...
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Stocks are lower after the ECB decided to stick its head in the sand with no rate cut, and Mario Draghi’s post-decision commentary did not show any plan other than ‘monitoring the coming...
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Stocks are higher after a better than expected ADP private payrolls report, but it still feels like the market is looking for direction after a weak ISM reading ahead of the FOMC announcement later...
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Bill Gross is talking up a painful yet obvious theory in his August 2012 Investment Outlook: the death of equities as a reliable investment class. Gross said, “The cult of equity is dying.” If...
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Corn is going to wreck whatever gasoline savings we had going into summer. By driving up the cost of the ethanol gasoline additive and by driving up feed costs for animals, the drought is continuing...
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Stocks are currently higher on what is looking like a mixed day so far. We are on the back of big market gains so the chart has to be watched closely at the resistance levels. Today we are...
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