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Bill Luby: Today I closed the books on the first VIX and More Fear Poll, which I consider to be an unqualified success and a first step in establishing longitudinal data about the types of geopolitical, macroeconomic, technical and other issues that make investors Read more…
Jared Cummans: QE3 was announced on Friday and it is by far the most aggressive action that the Fed has taken in years. Rather than set a specified amount of money to print, Bernanke and company have pledged to invest $40 billion per month in MBS until they Read more…
Jordan Roy-Byrne: While the gold stocks have enjoyed a decent recovery, they have certainly lagged the broad market which has almost broken out to new highs. Should you be worried that a major shift is in place? Hardly. The fact is the broad market is in the latter stages of its a cyclical bull while gold stocks Read more…
Martin Hutchinson: If you think the global economy is out of the woods now that the European Union (EU) has expanded its effort to solve the sovereign debt crisis, then I’m afraid you’re sorely mistaken. Read more…
George Maniere: Am I the only one who finds it a bit ironical that the agencies that were supposed to protect us from the greed of the bankers, the same the same agencies that stamped the garbage mortgages, CDO’s and derivatives “AAA” grade so they could partake in the greed fest that was going Read more…
David Oldenburg: So, you want to buy a home or refinance – rates are low, but you want to wait and see if they go even lower. Then you are gripped with fear – what if rates should rise? Twenty years in Read more…
“Inflation is the catalyst that may very well bring interest rates up. There are a handful of things that influence interest rates. Among them are the economy, inflation, prime rate movements Read more…
Nassim Nicholas Taleb who sprang to fame with his widely read and well received book, “The Black Swan,” recently said at a conference in Moscow that shorting U.S. Treasuries is a “no brainer” Read more…
“The UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury ProShares (TBT) is a bet on higher long-term interest rates,” says Jack Adamo. In his Insiders Plus newsletter, the advisor explains,”The fund is structured to respond Read more…
“Interest rates are poised to move higher in 2010. Morgan Stanley is predicting that the yield on the 10 year Treasury Bond will climb about 40% to 5.5%. This would be the largest annual increase Read more…
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