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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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The Maestro - Alan Greenspan speaks - watch video here - We are doomed.
http://money.cnn.com/video/#/video/fortune/2007/09/17/fortune.greenspan.medicare.fortune
Greenspan Warning
The former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has warned there is still a good chance the US economy will slip into a recession, despite this week’s cut to US interest rates.
Mr Greenspan said the odds of a recession remain somewhat more [...]
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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 [...]
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Just keep your head down.
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Sept. 1 (Bloomberg - Min Zeng) — Treasury three-month bill yields fell in August by the most in almost six years as subprime mortgage losses weakened credit markets, encouraging investors to take refuge in the shortest-term government debt.
Investors bought bills this week as the commercial paper market extended its biggest slump in at least seven [...]
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Investment Outlook
Bill Gross | September 2007
During times of market turmoil it helps to simplify and get basic – explain things to a public and even yourself in terms of what can be easily understood. Goodness knows it’s not a piece of cake for anyone over 40 these days to understand the maze of financial structures [...]
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Why the Fed Won’t Cut Rates:
1. Official on-the-record Fed commentary: St. Louis Fed head William Poole and Richmond Fed head Jeffrey Lacker have loudly argued against it, with Poole saying a “calamity” is required first, and Lacker noting the impact on consumers is “relatively small.”
2. Off-the-record whisperings: Fed reporter Greg Ip wrote: while “officials acknowledge [...]
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