Bonds Archive
Blue Chips Issue Debt At Record Low Rates, Stockpile The Cash
As many households and small businesses are being turned away by bank loan officers, large corporations are borrowing vast sums of money for next to nothing — simply because they can.
Companies like Microsoft are raising billions ...
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NY Times: Falling Rates Aid Debtors, Hamper Savers
It's the whole point of low rates, to entice borrowing and discourage saving, but it means a massive wealth transfer from savers to borrowers.
- Greg McBride, Senior Financial Analyst, Bankrate.com
All our clients are struggling with ...
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NYT: State Debt Woes Grow Too Big to Camouflage
California, New York and other states are showing many of the same signs of debt overload that recently took Greece to the brink — budgets that will not balance, accounting that masks debt, the use ...
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Top Gun FP Client Note: Out Here In California
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All Eyes On The Treasury Auctions
An auction of 5 year treasury notes on Tuesday and one of 7 year notes today appear to be driving the market. Everybody is focused on the federal deficit, China's appetite for our debt and ...
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Treasury Sell Off Causes Stock Market Selloff
May 27, 2009 · Category: Bonds, Market Commentary
For some reason at about 1pm EST long term treasuries started selling off causing interest rates to surge and dragging the stock market down with it.
I missed my man Rick Santelli explaining why at the close ...
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The End of the Treasury Bubble?
January 29, 2009 · Category: Bonds, Interest Rates
At the beginning of the month Barron's ran a cover story calling a bubble in treasuries: "Get Out Now" (subscription required - e-mail me if you want a link).
A month earlier, the fabulous Jim Grant wrote ...
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Average Yield On Junk Bonds Exceeds 20%
This is really off the charts in terms of anything we have ever seen.
- Martin Fridson, CEO, Fridson Investment Advisor, a non-investment grade debt specialist
Junk bonds on average now yield more than 20% for the ...
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Long Term Interest Rates Are Rising
While everybody has been focused on the stock market holding the lows from Jan 22-23, less noticed has been the fact that long term treasuries are holding their highs from the same period (30 Year ...
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