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MLP Investors Have to Weigh Risks vs. Rewards This Summer (EPD, KMP, PAA, OKS, ETP, EEP, AMJ, AMLP, KYN)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 8:01 am

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 ...
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Treasury Auctions Showing Investor Fear Sentiment

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 1:26 pm

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 ...
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Are Junk Bonds Being Hit Too Hard? (JNK, HYG, PHK, MSY, HIO, HYV)

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 8:19 am

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 ...
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Solid 30-Year Treasury Auction… Only 3.09%

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 1:26 pm

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 ...
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Bonds Sound Recession Warning, Of Sorts (TLT, JNK, AMJ, XLF, FAS)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 12:13 pm

So, 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 ...
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When Gold, Silver, and Copper All Tank… Are They All Devil’s Metals? (GLD, RGLD, SLV, HL, JJC, SCCO, FCX)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 10:12 am

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 ...
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S&P Downgrades Spain, Warns Of More Cuts (STD, BBVA)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 5:24 pm

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 ...
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S&P Downgrades Chesapeake Credit Ratings Over CEO Issues (CHK, CHKM)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 2:52 pm

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 ratings ...
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Record Low 7-Year Treasury Note Yield At $29 Billion Auction

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 1:20 pm

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 ...
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FOMC Alters Long-Term Targets: Rates, GDP, Inflation, Unemployment

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 2:14 pm

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.  ...
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FOMC Keeps Exceptionally Low Rates Through At Least Late-2014 Stance

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 12:47 pm

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 ...
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Investors Seek Safety In Near-Record 5-Year Treasury Auction

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 12:16 pm

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 ...
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Spain’s Debt Offering Has Modest Yields

Posted: April 19, 2012 at 5:26 am

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 ...
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Record Government Deficits Continue In U.S.

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 4:15 pm

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 ...
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Monster Recovery for National Bank of Greece (NBG, EWP, EWI)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 9:56 am

National Bank of Greece SA (NYSE: NBG) is not just up this Tuesday.  It is up huge on a day where most investors would have assumed it would have been ...
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