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Lousy Risk Premiums by 401ktimer
Lousy Risk PremiumsNovember 25, 2009As the stocks and bonds rallied, and treasuries corrected (see graphs below), the risk premiums for stocks and bonds over the treasuries have come down. Currently, long term treasuries are yielding around 4%, which is not a great return by itself --... More »
November 25, 2009 • TLT, LQD, SPY
Bond & Stock Price Returns vs Total Returns by Richard Shaw
Price return is one thing, and total return is another. Most securities charts show price performance. Total return for yielding securities is greater than price return, because it considers both price changes and investment income. Because some securities are yielding and some are... More »
November 25, 2009 • LQD, DVY, SPY
An Update on Sovereign Debt ETF's by Mad Hedge Fund Trader
Last September, I suggested emerging market sovereign debt ETF’s as safe, high yielding investments in which to hide out in case the equity markets swoon again (click here for the link). Well, the stock market hasn’t swooned yet, so let’s see how they performed. The Invesco... More »
November 25, 2009 • PCY, LQD
Low Risk yet Reasonable Return Strategies Using Long Term Stock Market Timing Indicators by ValidFi
What? Are you Madoff? These days, anything related to 'low risk' or 'steady' returns generates skepticism. It is very understandable and perfectly reasonable for investors to have such a feeling, given what have happened in the financial industries. However, if an investor does follow sound and... More »
November 22, 2009 • CIU, CSJ, DBA
John Hussman's Peak PE Ratio as a Long Term Stock Market Indicator by ValidFi
John Hussman, manager of Hussman Strategy Growth Fund (HSGFX) proposed price to peak 10 year average earnings as a long term stock market valuation metric. Compared with the normal one year price to earning ratio, Price to Peak Earnings would eliminate short term noise. This is similar to... More »
November 15, 2009 • SPY, EFA, EEM
ETFDesk Top News and Investment Ideas, weekend addition by ETFdesk.com
Sign up for Daily email and feed at www.etfdesk.comGerman Experts Criticize Country Over Tax CutsBill Gross Says Value Diminishing in Credit MarketsDEBT DYNAMICS WILL HOLD BACK THE ECONOMBubbles at a Discount for Consumers Trading DownNo Matter How Expensive Oil Gets, Emerging Markets Will... More »
November 15, 2009 • EWG, MBG, JNK
ETFDesk Top News and Investment Ideas, weekend addition by ETFdesk.com
Sign up for Daily email and feed at www.etfdesk.comGerman Experts Criticize Country Over Tax CutsBill Gross Says Value Diminishing in Credit MarketsDEBT DYNAMICS WILL HOLD BACK THE ECONOMBubbles at a Discount for Consumers Trading DownNo Matter How Expensive Oil Gets, Emerging Markets Will... More »
November 15, 2009 • EWG, MBG, JNK
Is Derisking Nigh? by Romeo Fayette
I wanted to throw up a quick post as markets are moving today and there's a lot of news to take in.In compiling a lot of recent headlines, I'm getting the inclination that markets are poised to derisk by the end of this quarter. I was working through an article about CALPERS, who... More »
November 13, 2009 • HYG, LQD
Follow the Smart Money Asset Allocation by ValidFi
It is well recognized that asset allocation is perhaps the most important determining factor for investment return and risk. Tracking professional money managers' asset allocations in a timely fashion is thus of great interests. Moreover, being able to track timely smart pros moves is even... More »
November 6, 2009 • SPY, EFA, EEM
Robert Shiller's Cyclically Adjusted Price Earning Ratio as a Long Term Timing Indicator by ValidFi
Yale Professor Robert Shiller has devised and maintained a so called "Cyclically Adjusted Price Earning Ratio" (CAPE10) as an alternative to the popular PE ratio to value the US stock market. CAPE10 is defined as the ratio of price to the average of last 10 year trailing S&P 500... More »
October 25, 2009 • SPY, EFA, EEM

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iShares GS $ InvesTop Corp Bond (LQD)

Instablog posts on LQD

Lousy Risk Premiums by 401ktimer

Bond & Stock Price Returns vs Total Returns by Richard Shaw

An Update on Sovereign Debt ETF's by Mad Hedge Fund Trader

Low Risk yet Reasonable Return Strategies Using Long Term Stock Market Timing Indicators by ValidFi

John Hussman's Peak PE Ratio as a Long Term Stock Market Indicator by ValidFi

ETFDesk Top News and Investment Ideas, weekend addition by ETFdesk.com

ETFDesk Top News and Investment Ideas, weekend addition by ETFdesk.com

Is Derisking Nigh? by Romeo Fayette

Follow the Smart Money Asset Allocation by ValidFi

Robert Shiller's Cyclically Adjusted Price Earning Ratio as a Long Term Timing Indicator by ValidFi

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