Jason Cimpl: The yield on U.S. bonds is abysmal. While I realize that I don’t need to tell retirees something they already know, such a low interest rate is a crisis that faces many American citizens. Read more…
NYSE:SHY, NYSE:TBF, NYSE:TBT, NYSE:TLT
Jason Cimpl: The market had a fairly boring session yesterday. Banks continued to provide the usual leadership, which is bullish. And the financial index finished 0.49% higher in an otherwise mundane Read more…
NYSE:GAZ, NYSE:NAGS, NYSE:UNG
Jason Cimpl: Natural gas has collapsed for the past four years and has been on a gradual decline for almost a decade. Prices topped near $16 in 2005 and came back to $13.46 in 2008. But since that Read more…
NYSE:GAZ, NYSE:UNG
Jason Cimpl: Bonds in Europe are in a death spiral and the European banks are along for the ride. The weakening economy in Europe has raised the likelihood of default for nations like Portugal, Italy (NYSEARCA:EWI), Greece (NYSEARCA:GREK) and Ireland (NYSEARCA:EIRL). And the increased Read more…
NASDAQ:EUFN, NYSE:EIRL, NYSE:EWI, NYSE:GREK, NYSE:VGK
Jason Cimpl: The market took a pause, finally, and declined roughly a percent yesterday. At the open, the indices gapped down by more than 2%, but a last hour surge by buyers recouped a large portion of those loses. Read more…
NYSE:FAS, NYSE:FAZ, NYSE:SKF, NYSE:UYG, NYSE:XLF
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