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  • The Best Trade of the Next Decade by Kevin Mulhern
        There is a single chart that makes me a giddy as a young investor that will, hopefully, come into his prime over the next decade. Simultaneously, this chart makes me very worried as an American. The chart is of the yield on the 10 U.S. Treasury since 1962:The trend is clear,... More »
    December 4, 2009 • PST
  • Explaining the FOMC decision: TBT, PST, GLD by Thomas Kee
    After the FOMC decision, investors are scratching their heads.  Why did the price of the long bond fall?  The FOMC said they were not going to raise rates, and they said inflation is not a problem.  More often than not, this would result in a bullish case for bonds.However,... More »
    November 5, 2009 • TBT, GLD, PST
  • A New Short Treasury ETF Is Coming by Don Dion
    Despite a growing controversy over the use of leveraged ETFs, ProShares has launched another inverse exchange-traded fund designed to short longer-term Treasuries. The ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury (TBF) is set to track the Barclays Capital U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index, an... More »
    August 24, 2009 • TLT, TIP, LQD
  • Seeking Breakeven Inflation by Anurag Wakhlu
    Seeking Breakeven Inflation If you are in the camp that thinks that all this government spending and a resurgent global growth (after this recession is over) will cause an above average inflation scenario, and want an investment strategy that could help in such a scenario, then read on.There are... More »
    August 11, 2009 • TIP, IPE, WIP
  • US Autos: Those Were the Days My Friend by Marvin Clark
    In subsequent years, when Wal-Mart Automobile Works sells more cars in America than Ford, we shall have forgotten the pain felt in 2009 that the bankruptcies General Motors and Chrysler caused. The giant automakers demise were a common affliction at the turn of the 20th century; 20th... More »
    June 6, 2009 • TYO, TMV, TBT
  • The TBT's Day Has Come by ETF Grind
    Many investors have been stunned by the low yields on US government bonds over the past six months. Even as Washington's fiscal outlook began resemble Buenos Aries' - the deficit this year is forecast at 13% of GDP- 10 year yields remained under 3%. Financial luminaries from Bill Gross to Warren... More »
    May 24, 2009 • TBT, TMV, TYO
  • A Lose-Lose Situation for Long-Term U.S. Treasuries by Stephen Yu
    In March, I wrote about the win-win situation for commodities. In an article, I argued that commodities are going to rise whether the economy turns up or down. This time, I am writing about an opposite asset class – long-term U.S. Treasuries. No matter what the economy does,... More »
    May 18, 2009 • TBT, PST, TLT
  • U.S. GDP: Consumers Are Spending but the Government Is Not by Individual Global Investor
    May 5, 2009    by   &n... Bryan Banish –Individual Global Investor I wouldn’t normally write about the mundane topic of last week’s GDP figures if it were so, well, peculiar. The headline figure had the U.S. economy contracting at an... More »
    May 4, 2009 • GLD, RJI, PST
  • Previewing the FOMC: A Critical Day for the Markets by Vikram Saxena
    Wednesday, April 29 is likely to be a day of fireworks for the financial markets. Equity indices have been chopping in a range for a few weeks, with the rally refusing to die, confounding market pundits. However the price range has been contracting and it is likely that the indices will make a... More »
    April 28, 2009 • TLT, IYR, IWM
  • Yes, It's Time to Buy a House! (and Increase Leverage) by Hedged In
    Just as the rest of the world is saying that (1) the US residential market is in a hole, and (2) everyone should deleverage, Reuters columnist James Saft (pictured above) says it's time to buy a house on leverage.I love this sort of contrarianism.  His argument is as follows:First, he... More »
    April 23, 2009 • REZ, IEI, IEF

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