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Whether you lost power, got flooded, both or neither, it’s safe to say millions of Americans are suffering from hurricane fatigue today. The media coverage was as massive and widespread as the storm, but nonetheless, it’s always best to Read more…
Michael Johnston: Van Eck, one of the pioneers of ETFs offering exposure to international bond markets, has laid the groundwork for what would be yet another first-of-its-kind fixed income fund. In a recent SEC filing, the company detailed plans for the Market Vectors European Read more…
Kevin Feldman: Last week a colleague asked me if, given all the focus on investing for income this year, the “i” in iShares might come to stand for income. He was kidding, but he had a serious point too: With government bonds generating historically low yields—the 10-year Treasury broke Read more…
EconMatters: PIMCO who specializes in Bonds, having the largest bond fund in the world could not have been more wrong about an asset class, which is surprising considering their experience in this sector. Bill Gross`s official declaration that his firm was shorting the US Treasury Market on April Read more…
Brian Sylvester: Chen Lin stumbled into investing. While working on a doctorate at Princeton, he turned $5,411 in his wife’s retirement account into $1.5 million. In his newsletter, What is Chen Buying? What is Chen Selling?, Lin shares the fruits of his analytical aptitude. In this exclusive Read more…
Martin D. Weiss: One of America’s giant financial institutions, which I’ll name in a moment, could be a candidate for bankruptcy in a double-dip recession scenario. It controls nearly $2.3 trillion in assets and has 57 million customers. Read more…
JW Jones & Chris Vermeulen: Now that Mr. Bernanke’s speech is old news, what was the financial media thinking exactly? A significant number of financial writers have been anticipating discussion of QE III or QE III Lite which clearly were never even on the Fed Chief’s radar this week. Read more…
This past week was a surprisingly solid one for markets as a choppy session on Monday gave way to broad strength in Tuesday and Wednesday trading. Markets performed poorly in Thursday and then closed out the week in a volatile session thanks to a release of the GDP report and Ben Bernanke’s Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: In recent commentaries we’ve discussed the relative strength of the gold stocks and in particular the relative strength of the large miners. This relative strength comes at a time when the sector is nearing a potentially historic breakout. We’ve written about this breakout Read more…
Chris Ciovacco: With Ben Bernanke’s Jackson Hole speech in the rear-view mirror, the markets will most likely turn their attention back toward Europe. In the short-run, it is doubtful market-calming news will emerge concerning debt and slowing growth in Europe. Add in a bear-market-like Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: By now, you’ve probably taken note of the growing bubble in Treasury bonds. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell below 2% for the first time in 50 years in the wake of the U.S. credit rating downgrade. Read more…
David Zeiler: The U.S. Federal Reserve has exhausted nearly all of its resources in trying to help the U.S. economy, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said in a speech Friday at Jackson Hole, WY. Read more…
George Maniere: In the 1980’s a big Australian company whose fortunes had turned for the better were seeking a firm to run its accounting operations and help the company get a better understanding on hedging its risks. Many of the companies they interviewed were top flight Read more…
Stocks reversed dramatically on Friday to close higher on mixed volume. The day began with a sharp selloff followed by a reversal at the forty five minute mark. The market moved higher until around 1:00 pm and then consolidated at the highs for the remainder of the day. All five major Read more…
In trading on Friday, the UBS E-TRACS Short Platinum ER ETN (NYSE:PTD) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 7.13% on the day. Also up on the day are the Read more…
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