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Five-Year Note Yields Slip

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 1:38 pm

Today’s auction of $35 billion in five-year Treasury notes produced a high yield of 0.76%, about two basis points above the yield at last month’s auction of five-year notes. The ...
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Very Poor Treasury Auction Surprise

Posted: March 26, 2013 at 1:18 pm

Normally we would not care so much about a 2-year Treasury Note offering. When you consider that the rate is a massively high 0.25% or so (can you smell the ...
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Actively Managed Short-Term Bond ETF Launches, Fees May Get in the Way

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 10:05 am

AdvisorShares has announced the launch of the Newfleet Multi-Sector Income ETF (NYSEMKT: MINC). The new fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (ETF) that is said to be managed ...
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Chesapeake Raising Another $2.3 Billion in Capital

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 1:26 pm

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) is raising more capital, with this latest offering being a debt offering to the tune of about $2.3 billion. The laddered maturity schedule is going ...
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ETF Folly: Just When You Thought Bond Yields Would Skyrocket

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 12:10 pm

Bond yields have risen over the past month or two, and many investors expected those yields to keep rising. That was before Monday. The latest European debacle in Cyprus wanting to steal ...
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It’s Official: Suntech Receives Notice of Default

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 11:25 am

China’s one-time leader in the production of solar panels has officially been notified by its trustee that the company is in default on a $541 million bond payment and that ...
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Cyprus Moves from Taxation to Theft

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 8:55 am

What we are seeing is in Cyprus an instance when taxation becomes theft. When depositors place money in banks, they assume that their deposits are safe as long as the ...
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Suntech Defaults on Bond Payment

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 7:35 am

As expected, Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) failed to make a required $541 million bond repayment scheduled for last Friday. The company claimed last week to have reached ...
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30-Year Treasury Yield at 12-Month High

Posted: March 14, 2013 at 1:33 pm

The U.S. Department of the Treasury auctioned $13 billion in 30-year bonds today at an average yield of 3.248%, the highest yield in a year. Yields on 10-year notes rose ...
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It Is Time to Worry After DJIA Hits Ninth Straight Day of Gains

Posted: March 13, 2013 at 5:24 pm

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has now risen for nine consecutive days and is now at a record high close of 14,455.28. We have not confirmed the exact period but ...
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Strong 10-Year Treasury Auction

Posted: March 13, 2013 at 1:53 pm

What generally happens after bond yields rise? At least some investors decide to go chase the yield at a new Treasury note auction and that is what we have just ...
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SEC Charges Illinois with Securities Fraud over Pension Obligations

Posted: March 11, 2013 at 1:55 pm

Usually when you see Securities and Exchange Commission charges it is against individuals or firms bilking individuals. That is why today's round of SEC charges looks more than just interesting. ...
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7-Year Treasury Auction Fails to Enthrall Investors

Posted: February 27, 2013 at 1:16 pm

The U.S. Treasury just held an auction for its key 7-year notes on Wednesday and demand was deemed to be short of what bond investors wanted to see. Today's auction ...
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PIIGS Watch: Italian PM Elections Matter, Could Rekindle Old Wildfires

Posted: February 22, 2013 at 12:20 pm

This weekend will bring the election of the next prime minister in Italy. Worrying about what is happening in Italy, Greece, Spain and the rest of the PIIGS feels "so-2012," ...
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Beyond Meredith Whitney — More Negative Muni Trends Expected in 2013

Posted: February 21, 2013 at 11:50 am

Meredith Whitney was applauded for her call about the impending doom of the banking sector ahead of the recession, but she has been criticized ever since her call for billions ...
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