Bond Market

The Fed's Jelly Donut Policy

David Einhorn | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Interest Rates, qe3, Investing, Markets, Qe2, Hedge Funds, Economy, Quantitative Easing, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Quantitative Easing 3, Bond Market, Monetary Policy, Business News
David Einhorn

I believe that stocks are depressed because there is a pervasive feeling that something awful is going to happen. What is this enormous tail-risk? It's the intersection of reckless fiscal policy with overindulgent "Jelly Donut" monetary policy.

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The Cruelest Month For Markets Since 2008

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Bond Market, Investing, Wall Street, Stocks, Stock Market, Bonds, Global Financial Crisis, Trading, Investors, Video, Business News

Financial markets went back into crisis mode in April. Bonds, relatively safe-haven investments, were the only global asset class to enjoy positive...

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How European Politics Could Impact Markets

Mohamed A. El-Erian | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Bond Market, European Debt Crisis, French Presidential Elections, Bond Markets, Markets, Eurozone, Stock Market, French Elections, Europe, Business News
Mohamed A. El-Erian

Fed up with how all the economic, financial and policy news out of Europe have been contributing to market volatility? Well, not only will this continue but, now, we must also get ready for something new over the next few weeks.

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Best Rally In A Month

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Bond Market, Video, Dow Jones, Wall Street, Stocks, Djia, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Stock Market, Bonds, Nasdaq, S&P, Europe, Corporate Earnings, S&P 500, Business News

The U.S. stock market has shaken off its worst plunge in months by having a crazy two-day rally, fueled mainly by wishful thinking. The Dow Jones I...

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Time to Take Off the Training Wheels

Michael Farr | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Bond Market, Federal Reserve, Naples Florida, Economy, Occupy Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Business News
Michael Farr

The Fed's monetary manipulation cannot go on forever. It would be nice if the Fed could simply use monetary policy to return us to full employment and economic health. However, this is impossible.

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Warm Days and Thunderstorms: Bond Prices Are Rumbling

Michael Farr | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Treasury Department, Federal Reserve, Bond Market, Investing Wall Street, Bond Mutual Funds, Interest Rates, Fed Interest Rates, Investment Interest Rates, Business News
Michael Farr

Interest rate movements affect almost every type of investment in some way, but bond investments will react with direct negative correlation. The rule for bond investing is that the lower the coupon and the longer the maturity, the more volatile prices will be.

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The Market Robots Strike Again

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Bond Market, Trading Robots, High-Frequency Trading, Trading Algorithms, Wall Street, Bonds, Currencies, Metals, Gold, Silver, Ben Bernanke, Treasurys, Trading, Flash Crash, Treasury Bonds, Business News

Where is John Connor when you need him? We might need some help handling some robots. At about 10 a.m. on the East Coast, just after the Federal Re...

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Bell Rings for Bond Bubble

Michael Pento | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Bond Market, Debt Bonds, Treasury Interest Rates, T Bills, US Debt Trasury, Euro Dollar Economy, Bull Market Debt, Low Bond Yields, US Economy Greece, Treasury Bills, US Treasury, Business News
Michael Pento

They always tell you no one rings a bell when a market top or bottom is reached. But a bell is now ringing for the end of the 30-year bull market in U.S. debt. And ironically, the bell ringer is our very own U.S. Treasury Department.

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Mark Gongloff

The Bond Market Is Trying To Tell Us Something

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: US Economy, Bond Market, U.S. Economy, Markets, Economic Forecasts, Economics, Stocks, Stock Market, Bonds, American Economy, Stock Market News, Business News

For the past few months, the stock market has been behaving like a reveler who's had just a little too much to drink, and the bond market has been beh...

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Markets Still Wary After EU Deal

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Bond Market, European Debt Crisis, Video, Eurozone-Deal, Europe Debt Crisis, Stock Market, Business News, Eu Deal Market Confidence, Market Confidence, Eurozone Debt Crisis, EU Debt Crisis, Eu Deal, Business News

A European summit deal to strengthen budget discipline in the euro zone failed to restore financial market confidence on Monday, forcing the Europ...

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Take Our Children, Please!

Steve Fraser | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Bond Market, The One Percent, Income Inequality, Wealth Disparity, We Are the 99 Percent, Sacrifice, Occupy Wall Street, Income Disparity, Jonathan Swift, #Occupywallstreet, New York Stock Exchange, Politics News
Steve Fraser

In 1729, Jonathan Swift's idea was simple: the starving Irish should sell their own children to the rich as food. I want to suggest that we put in motion a similar undertaking. The basic idea is that we offer ourselves up as a sacrifice to the bond markets.

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Germany, France Push For Power To Reject Eurozone Budgets

Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Bond Market, Video, Germany, France, European Financial Stability Facility, Stability Union, President Nicolas Sarkozy, Euro Zone, Eu, Contagion, European Central Bank, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, Oecd, Business News

Germany and France stepped up a drive on Monday for intrusive powers to reject national budgets in the euro zone that breach EU rules, as a market...

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Jobless Claims Drop To Seven-Month Low

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Bond Market, European Debt Crisis, Video, Labor Market, Unemployment, Labor Department, Employment, Unemployment Benefits, Jobs, Jobless Claims, Nonfarm Pay Rolls, Business News

WASHINGTON — Little by very little, the job market is getting better. A closely watched measure of the jobs crisis, the number of people filing...

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German Inflation Fetish Risks Global Catastrophe

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Bond Market, European Debt Crisis, European Debt, France, Greece Bailout, Germany, Angela Merkel, Italy, Spain, Business News
Peter S. Goodman

The world's most irresponsible global citizen of the moment is not North Korea or Iran, despite the obvious dangers each poses. It is not China, favor...

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Fiscal Irony

Michael Farr | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Bond Market, Debt, Housing Market, Fiscal Crisis, European Crisis, European Union, Italy, Wall Street Journal, Recession, European Central Bank, Fiscal Policy, Fiscal Responsibility, Euro, European Debt Crisis, Gdp, Inflation, Europe, Piigs, Business News
Michael Farr

In the U.S., the action in the bond market is difficult to explain. Yields have fallen dramatically this year despite several developments that normally would cause bond investors to flee and yields to soar.

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Heidi's Bar: A Metaphorical Tale Worth Sharing

Kenneth F. Bunting | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Junk Bonds, Bond Market, Heidi's Bar, Understanding the Financial Collapse, Understanding Derivatives, Irs, Humor, Derivatives, Financial Crisis, Real Estate Bubble, Bank Bailout, Financial Collapse, Business News
Kenneth F. Bunting

I do not know who wrote the contemporary fable about "Heidi's Bar," being spread through email blasts and Facebook postings. It wasn't me. I am neit...

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The Long-Term Consequences Of A Slow Global Economy

The Economist | Editors | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Bond Market, U.S. Economy, Labor Market, Education, Global Economy, Unemployment, Jobs, Retraining, Europe, Youth Unemployment, Demand, Oecd, Video, Business News

A little geographical imagination helps to convey the scale of joblessness in the West. If the 44m people who are unemployed in the mainly rich member...

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Joshua Hersh

China: U.S. Debt Crisis Is Giving Democracy A Bad Name

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 09.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The seemingly endless process of resolving America's debt crisis may be giving America and its democratic form of governance a bad name ...

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When Riskless Gets Risky

Jared Bernstein | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Moody's, Bond Market, Bond Markets, Treasury Bonds, Business News
Jared Bernstein

Moody's bond rating agency got into the act yesterday and put the US credit rating, which has been AAA since 1917 on its "downgrade watch." No surprise there and markets largely shook it off.

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Bill Gross: 'Don't Mess With The Debt Ceiling'

Washington Post | Bill Gross | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Bond Market, Pimco, National Debt, Debt Ceiling, Bill Gross, Debt Limit, 112th Congress, Timothy Geithner, US Treasury, Barack Obama, Business News

To raise or not to raise the debt ceiling; that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler to suffer the slump and arrows of default today or in some distan...

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Obama Deficit Plan Wins The Approval Of The Bond Market

Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Bush Tax Cuts, Bond Market, Deficit Plan, Federal Deficit, U.S. Treasuries, Tax Cuts, Obama Budget Cuts, U.S. Credit Rating, Obama Deficit, Business News

NEW YORK (By Emily Flitter) - It lacked details, and quickly drew a crowd of critics across Capitol Hill, but President Barack Obama's $4 trillion...

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Bond Market Yawned At Budget Showdown

The Washington Post | Neil Irwin | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Bond Market, Budget Showdown, U.S. Treasuries, Bonds, Treasury Bonds, Federal Budget, Business News

But the market for Treasury bonds lately has been exceedingly calm. While the money managers who invest in those bonds say they monitored last week's ...

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END OF CHEAP CREDIT? Surge Of Money From Bonds Could Hurt Lending

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Bond Market, Bond Crash, State Budgets, Interest Rates, Mutual Funds, Bond Funds, Cheap Credit, Stock Market, Bond Prices, Lending, Credit, Business News

NEW YORK (AP, Matthew Craft) -- Americans are leaving bond mutual funds at the fastest rate in more than two years. U.S. investors pulled $8.6 bill...

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Fate Of 'Build America Bonds' In Doubt

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bond Market, Babs, State Budgets, Munipical Debt, Build America Bonds, Bonds, RBC Capital Markets, Economic Recovery, City Budgets, Muni Market, Business News

CHICAGO: - A dispute between Democrats and Republicans over the continuation of the Build America Bond program and a sharp drop in Treasury prices sla...

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Bad Credit? For Corporate Borrowers, It's Not A Problem

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bad Credit, Junk Bonds, Bond Market, Corporate Borrowing, Credit Rating, Credit Markets, Bonds, Coprorate Bonds, Business News

NEW YORK — With rising fears of a prolonged recession and stomach-churning moves in the stock market, corporate bond markets have performed so well ...

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