Treasury Bonds

I CAN HAZ MOAR STIMULUS NOW?

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Wall Street, Stocks, Selloff, Stock Market, Bonds, Fed, Federal Reserve, Stock Market Selloff, Treasury Bonds, Business News

The stock market needs a liquidity fix something awful. For the second straight day, stocks are selling off hard -- harder than they did yesterday,...

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Waaahhh, Say Markets

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Stocks, Stock Market, Fed, Fomc Minutes, Bonds, Gold, Fed Minutes, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Treasury Bonds, Business News

Financial markets are throwing a little tantrum today. What's got them all worked up? The minutes of the latest Federal Reserve policy meeting made...

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Banks Choose Lending To Uncle Sam Instead Of You

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Federal Reserve, Banks, Bank Lending, Government Debt, Lending, Fed, Treasury Bonds, Business News

If banks are doing so great, then why are they lending money to Uncle Sam instead of to you? U.S. banks bought more Treasury debt and bonds issued ...

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These Three Words Are Causing A Pavlovian Stock Rally Today

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.07.2012

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Just how addicted is the stock market to the Fed's easy money? We just got a prime example. Late Wednesday morning, stocks were meandering along, n...

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Let's All Panic!

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.02.2012

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Thing One: Let's All Panic About Oil: The oil market is as jittery as Rick Santorum in a sex toy shop. Case in point: Yesterday a sketchy "news" repor...

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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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Stock Rally Still Gets The Stinkeye

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Junk Bonds, Stock Market Rally, Lee Cooperman, Video, Mutual Funds, Stocks, Stock Rally, Bonds, Stock Market, Warren Buffett, Corporate Bonds, Treasury Bonds, Business News

Retail investors -- average suckers like you and me who have our retirement money in 401(k)s -- often get called "dumb money" by Wall Street. Wall...

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The Truth About Treasury Bonds, From Suze Orman

Posted 03.14.2012

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Finance expert Suze Orman reveals the truth about treasury bonds. Get Suze's FREE download to The Money Navigator enter the gift code MARLO at www.Su...

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2011 Winners Can Make You a 2012 Loser

Dan Solin | Posted 03.11.2012

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Dan Solin

Everyone wants to be a stock market winner. There were some big winners in 2011.

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Money Managers' Least Favorite Investment

AP | MATTHEW CRAFT | Posted 02.04.2012

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NEW YORK — Ask the people who invest billions for a living to name their favorite picks for 2012 and you'll get a smorgasbord worthy of a holida...

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The Social Security Conundrum Explained

Paul Heroux | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Social Security Administration, Taxes, Treasury Department, Benefits, Social Security, Social Security Cuts, Pensions, Social Security Crisis, Obama Social Security, Tea Party, Social Security Benefits, Raise Taxes, Public Financing, Treasury Bonds, Politics News
Paul Heroux

But how can drastic action be necessary when the Social Security trust fund reportedly has over $2.4 trillion in it at present? This is a misleading sleight-of-hand. Here is how.

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Foreign Investors Cut U.S. Debt Holdings

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Russia, Deficit, Treasury Department, Federal Budget Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Hong Kong, Brazil, Economic Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, Timothy Geithner, Japan, China, Treasury Debt, Treasury Bonds, Business News

WASHINGTON — Foreign investors cut their holdings of U.S. Treasury debt in June for the first time in more than two years. The decline came at a...

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Alexander Eichler

QE3 Not Guaranteed To Happen, And Not Guaranteed To Help If It Does

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: Qe2, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve, Fed Asset Purchases, Stimulus, Recession, Treasury Bonds, qe3, Drew Matus, Double-Dip Recession, Fed, Quantitative Easing, Ben Bernanke, David Jones, Business News

With the economy growing at a snail's pace and the job market still disconcertingly weak, economists are wondering whether the Federal Reserve will un...

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'Sometimes We Need Inflation'

New York Times | FLOYD NORRIS | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Japan Earthquake, Ken Rogoff, Inflation, Great Recession, Double-Dip Recession, Internet Bubble, Economic Crisis, Business News, Federal Reserve, New York Times, European Central Bank, Paul A. Volcker, Treasury Bonds, Great Depression, Business News

It is time for a new lesson to be learned. Sometimes we need inflation, and now is such a time....

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Bill Gross: Problem Is 'Insufficient Consumption And investment'

Washington Post | Bill Gross | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Keynesian Economics, Eurozone, Double-Dip Recession, President Barack Obama, Great Recession, Globalization, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Debt Ceiling Deal, Credit Rating Agency, Treasury Bonds, Business News

For a few days there it seemed like President Obama was the master of the bond market. This is a Triple-A nation, he intoned on Monday, and always wil...

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What to Do With the U.S. Treasury Bonds Now?

Irene Aldridge | Posted 10.08.2011

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Irene Aldridge

With the now-lower rating on the U.S. government debt assigned by the major rating agency, the Standard & Poors, the bonds and bills investors find themselves questioning as to what to do with their investments: how to find riskless replacements for the now-risky U.S. bonds?

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Don't Panic: The U.S. Credit Downgrade Changes Nothing

Jeff Reeves | Posted 10.07.2011

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Jeff Reeves

Now that the inevitable has happened, what does it mean for the market and for regular Americans with 401ks and IRAs? Interestingly enough, not much.

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Dan Froomkin

U.S. Credit Downgrade's Direct Effect Could Be Negligible, History Suggests

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.06.2011

Read More: US Debt, Standard & Poor's, Downgrade, Credit Rating Agencies, Aaa, Credit Rating, S&P, U.S. Credit Rating, AA+, Treasury Bonds, US Treasuries, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The downgrade of the U.S.'s AAA credit rating by Standard & Poor's on Friday may end up having little to no effect on interest rates for...

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Fed Remains Noncommittal About New Stimulus, Despite Sluggish Economy

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 10.03.2011

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With the debt-ceiling fight resolved, and discouraging economic reports piling up, the Federal Reserve is under close scrutiny for signs that it might...

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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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Why Republicans Can't Say Yes to Obama

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 09.18.2011

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Fernando Espuelas

So it's not about the deficit after all.

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MAD About the Debt Ceiling

Dr. Philip Neches | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Debt, Debt Ceiling, Tarp, Treasury Bonds, Mad, Mutually Assured Destruction, Politics News
Dr. Philip Neches

As the debt ceiling debate swirls around Washington, no one is willing to believe that the Parties will engage in a form of Mutually Assured Destruction ("MAD") of the "full faith and credit of the United States."

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Debt Ceiling Battle Offers House Republicans Untold Leverage

David Paul | Posted 09.16.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Tea Party Movement, 14th Amendment, Mitch McConnell, Michael Milken, Debt Ceiling, Federal Budget Deficit, Orange County, Standard & Poor's, Rating Agencies, Barack Obama, House Republicans, Treasury Bonds, Moody's, Business News
David Paul

Both the President and Senate leaders believe that the fear of default should provide enough motivation to get something done. But so far, the House leadership is not biting.

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Lack Of Debt Deal Could Spell Trouble For Stocks

Posted 09.15.2011

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Federal Budget Deficit, Debt Ceiling, John Boehner, Stocks, Stock Market, Debt Limit, Economic Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, S&P 500, Treasury Bonds, Business News

(Reuters) - Stocks will be hard pressed to turn the tide of recent selling next week as political jousting over raising the United States' debt ce...

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When Riskless Gets Risky

Jared Bernstein | Posted 09.13.2011

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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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