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 By Prieur du Plessis, on August 25th, 2010 posted in: Economy, US  4 people had their say - chime in!
As always, Bill Gross’s latest investment report makes for worthwhile reading. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Freddie Mac Does Not Hate America: It’s Actually Trying to Help (Investment U, 2/10/12) Freddie Mac Tramples on Taxpayers Again (Investment U, 2/2/12) Anything Can Go To Zero (Random Roger's Big Picture, 4/20/12)
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“The 10-year T-Note is currently yielding 2.5%, and the Fed’s latest quantitative easing initiative is becoming counterproductive to its stated purpose of trying to stimulate the economy by encouraging more risk taking, i.e. private capital utilization seeking attractive returns on investment opportunities. The issue is that Mr Ben Bernanke and the Fed governors, although great academics, have failed to take account of how traders and financial markets impact and take advantage of Fed policy,” said Dian Chu in this guest post. [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Bonds: The Most Important Asset Class (Expected Returns, 4/18/12) Emerging Market Bonds: Less Risk Than You Think (Investment U, 5/11/12) Investing in Bonds: How to Build a Bond Ladder (Money Morning, 4/24/12)
Yesterday’s data report showed sales of existing homes have fallen even more sharply than anticipated, indicating that the fragile recovery in housing is fading fast after the temporary lift provided by the first-time homebuyer tax-credit program in March–April 2010 and September–November 2009. Click through for the skinny … [...] More on this topic (What's this?) Case-Shiller Home Price Index and Home Sales: What the Latest U.S. Housing Market Data Show (Money Morning, 4/24/12) Home Prices Near 10-Year Low (Crossing Wall Street, 3/27/12) OMB Raises 2010 Deficit Projection to $1.5 Trillion (Wealth Daily, 8/25/09)
“Markets are in a risk-off mode, and the US dollar usually rallies in these circumstances,” technical strategist Robin Griffiths told CNBC. [...] |
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