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• Yields Up, Stocks Down

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 627
  Now that fears of a deflationary spiral have waned, a rising Treasury note yield is bearish for stocks. Rising Treasury yields increase mortgage rates and decrease the attractiveness of rate-sensitive stocks like utilities, banks, and REITs. A rising trend in Treasury yields is especially dangerous when you consider ...
  11 hours ago

• Unlimited Funding For Fannie And Freddie; Another Disaster In The Making

  
  Logistics Monster — Authority: 487
  The powers that be have not learned the lesson of the collapse they caused 18 months ago and are hell bent on not only repeating it, but making it even worse. The level of current taxpayer commitment to saving these two institutions is $3800 per household with that amount expected to rise if the [...]
  12 hours ago

• "Do You Read Zero Hedge?" A Review of Zero Hedges Most Popular Articles of [All Time|2009]

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 737
  True, the decade is not really over, but no one called 1930 the "last year of the 20s," and given the reflective mood that seems to grip all of Western society whenever a year ending in "9" draws to a close, well, we thought wed better embrace the trend now so that when some idiot with a pair of glow-in-the-dark ...
  14 hours ago

• Interest Rates Going up – How High?

  
  California Public Employee & Teacher Resources — Authority: 123
  Interest rates are going up. At least they did over the last week – and it was a pretty big jump. Bloomberg reported on December 28th, 2009 with Morgan Stanley’s prediction: Yields on benchmark 10-year notes will climb about 40 percent to 5.5 percent, the biggest annual increase since 1999, according to ...
  14 hours ago

• You Fail at Failed Treasury Auctions

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 737
  For some reason Zero Hedge is prone to take a great deal of heat (both directly radiated and reflected) whenever we opine on the (rather obvious to us) prospect that interest rates might actually (quelle surprise) rise in this environment.  Today, rather than engage in "we told you so" gloating, or endure the ...
  15 hours ago

• Fannie and Freddies Unlimited Bailout: Bad Bank of Housing?

  
  Jr Deputy Accountant — Authority: 144
  The Fed knows damn well it cant buy MBSs forever. Good thing weve got a Plan B for that unlimited GSE bailout eh? MW : The governments decision to provide unlimited support to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac probably presages more aggressive action to prop up the U.S. housing market. The government may put a ...
  15 hours ago

• The Only Certainty In 2010 Is There Will Be No Death Tax

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 142
  The New York Times editorial page takes a look at the loopy one-year repeal of the estate or “death” tax that will happen in 2010. The one-year repeal will result in smaller estates being taxed but estates that are worth millions not being taxed. Also, there is no — literally zero –  capital gains tax on ...
  18 hours ago

• Union lobbies against eroding Post monopoly

  
  This Is Guernsey — Authority: 152
  DEPUTIES are being lobbied against the OUR decision to dilute Guernsey Post’s monopoly.
  20 hours ago

• What the Yield Curve Says About ETFs

  
  ETF Trends — Authority: 538
  Signs of economic recovery are blossoming everywhere, and one key indicator is showing strong numbers. The indicator also reveals that investors are no longer so pessimistic about the future and feeling inclined to take on more risk in the markets and exchange traded funds (ETFs).The yield curve,...
  20 hours ago

• Economy poised for surge in 2010

  
  BEANIEVILLE - a day trading, swing trading and investing blog — Authority: 140
  Looks like the bears are in for another memorable losing streak next year. The economy is poised to surge in 2010. Thats what the "most accurate" economist, from Barclays Capital, is saying: The world’s largest economy will expand 3.5 percent in 2010 , according to Maki, the chief U.S. economist at ...
  21 hours ago

• Short bonds, inflation is back

  
  Alpha Global Investors — Authority: 431
  Short U.S. government bonds, inflation will lead to higher yields , which will drive down the price of the securities .... ! Source ; Finalternatives I have to agree with that opinion after zooming in on the weekly chart of the 10 year treasury note yield. Looks like an almost perfect inverted head and ...
  23 hours ago

• Mortgage Market Deteriorates

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 155
  The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose 11 basis points in Freddie Mac’s survey of 125 thrifts, credit unions, commercial banks and mortgage lenders for the week ended Dec. 24. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond worsened by 32 BPS, according to U.S. Department of the Treasury data. Overall loan applications ...
  1 day ago

• GSE Losses Could Cost Gov Over $400 Billion

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 155
  The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that the program established under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act to purchase GSE-guaranteed mortgage-backed securities will end on Dec. 31. The Treasury also said it would amend the preferred stock purchase agreements that were established to ensure both firms ...
  1 day ago

• Backdoor Bank Bailout: Obamas Capitalist Cronyism

  
  A Political Season — Authority: 120
  The blog Naked Capitalism takes note that on Christmas Eve, the Treasury Department announced it had...  considerably increased its Freddie and Fannie safety net, by removing all limits on the amounts on offer (an increase from a ceiling of $400 billion) and simultaneously allowing the two GSEs to increase their ...
  1 day ago

• Treasury

  
  SwirlyThoughts — Authority: 126
  Ive made a treasury featuring lots of lovely birds! Go see !
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• You have been warned

  
  The Economic Populist - Speak Your Mind 2 Cents at a Time — Authority: 560
  The underlying assumption that the current world monetary system is built upon is that America will always over-consume and the world will always accept our debt at face value. Its a warped and unhealthy relationship, but its worked (sort of) for several decades. Thats why it was notable when a Chinese central banker ...
  1 day ago

• Op-Ed Columnist: The Big Zero

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  Paul Krugman
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• Federal gov’t needs to declare bankruptcy and go to hell.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  Bloomberg: Yields on benchmark 10-year notes will climb about 40 percent to 5.5 percent, the biggest annual increase since 1999, according to David Greenlaw, chief fixed-income economist at Morgan Stanley in New York. The surge will push interest rates on 30-year fixed mortgages to 7.5 percent to 8 percent, almost the ...
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• Treasury Yield Curve Steepens to Record on Debt Demand Concern

  
  Market Skeptics — Authority: 568
  Businessweek reports that treasury yield curve steepens to record on debt demand concern . (emphasis mine) Treasury Yield Curve Steepens to Record on Debt Demand Concern December 25, 2009, 09:56 AM EST By Susanne Walker Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries fell, with the difference in yields between 2- ...
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• Roundup: Index Summary and U.S. Equity Markets (12/24/2009)

  
  GreenLightAdvisor Views — Authority: 142
  Index Summary The major market indices were higher this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Index (1) rose 2.06 percent. The S&P 500 Stock Index (2) advanced 2.77 percent, while the Nasdaq Composite (3) finished 4.85 percent higher. Barra Growth (4) outperformed Barra Value (5) as Barra Value finished 2.22 ...
  1 day ago

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