Financial Doom - Current Best Sellers

Go ahead and read those apocalyptic books on the economy if you like a good scare. But be sure you recognize fiction when you see it.
By Jim Jubak
If fairy tales express our deepest fears, then investors must be on the verge of a psychotic breakdown.
The current crop of financial gloom-and-doom books carry titles such [...]

The Price for Food and Fuel Will Only Go Up

Read This - and get out of debt and start to save more cash

AP Poll: Mortgage Payments Worry Many

Apr 14, 3:26 PM EDT

AP Poll: Mortgage Payments Worry Many
By ALAN FRAM
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — One in seven mortgage holders worry they may soon fail to make their monthly payments and even more fret that their home’s value is shrinking, according to a poll showing widespread stress from the [...]

Jeremy Siegel: Even in a Bearish Market, Bullish on Stock

In an open discussion with executives in the Securities Industry Institute, Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel examined investment strategies in the current market. Siegel, author of the landmark books Stocks for the Long Run and The Future of Investors, drew upon historical records in making sense of the current downturn.
Based on Siegel’s analysis [...]

The Cash Advantage (Even When Rates Are Low)

By J. ALEX TARQUINIO
Published: March 16, 2008

ALTHOUGH short-term interest rates have been dropping, many advisers still recommend that investors hold plenty of cash — and that they keep it in safe and simple accounts. “The biggest mistake people make is reaching for yield and putting their capital at risk,” said David Darst, the chief [...]

CNNMoney.com - Interest Rates Tumble

CNNMoney.com
The bond yield tumble, and the economy
Monday March 24, 7:15 am ET
By Paul R. La Monica, CNNMoney.com editor at large
Bond yields have plunged in the past few weeks. And even if you are not an active investor, you should care about what’s been going on in the bond markets lately. Here’s why.
The yield on the [...]

Treasuries Rise on Speculation Credit-Market Losses to Deepen

March 6 (Bloomberg) — Treasuries rose and three-month bill rates fell to the lowest level since 2004 on concern that the Federal Reserve may be unable to prevent credit-market losses from deepening.
Investors sought the safety of government debt as Citigroup Inc. planned to pare its U.S. residential unit’s mortgage and home-equity holdings by about $45 [...]

Credit Crunch Part 2 - Coming Soon

All seems quiet now - but…

the 3 month T-Bill is now yielding only 3.85% as of today’s Interest Rates on Bloomberg -which is saying there is a flight to quality in the bond market.
Did you hear the recent announcments of the major right offs (Losses $$) by all the big Banks in the past week [...]

Investment Outlook - PIMCO

Investment Outlook

Bill Gross | October 2007

What Do They Know?

Under a conservative assumption of 2½% inflation, PIMCO’s view is that the U.S. Fed will lower the Fed Funds rate to 3¾% or so over the next 6-12 months. (Actually that’s only two, 50 basis point reductions from where we are now).  (more…)

Effects of Rate Cut

Investors Hunt for Effects of Rate Cut
By TIM PARADIS – 1 day ago
NEW YORK (AP) — A big rate cut by the Federal Reserve and the stock market’s huge rally in response to that move has many on Wall Street wondering: Now what?
The Fed’s decision Tuesday to slash its benchmark federal funds rate by [...]