Bonds

Wrong Way PILOTs Would Crash into Atlantic Yards

Daniel Goldstein | Posted 11.03.2009 | New York


Daniel Goldstein

Imagine the city told you, that instead of paying property taxes on your home you could take the equivalent of the tax you would pay and use it for your mortgage. Not a bad deal...for the homeowner.

The Investing Secret Your Broker Doesn't Want You to Know

Dan Solin | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business


Dan Solin

There is an asset allocation that is best for you. Based on the risk of that asset allocation, IFA has a recommended holding period that improves your chances of achieving the expected return.

How To Create Retirement Income

Charlie Farrell | Posted 08.31.2009 | Business


Charlie Farrell

While there are a number of different strategies to creating retirement income, I prefer to use a simple method of creating cash flow to fund distributions.

The Single Best Way to Tell if You Have Outgrown a Friendship

Margaret Ruth | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living


Margaret Ruth

If one person has done something such as become healthier, develop new interests or changed what s/he wants in a friendship, then the friendship has to change along.

U.S. Treasuries, Surprinsigly, Attract Many Buyers

salon.com | Andrew Leonard | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business


Last week, in three separate auctions, the U.S. Treasury offered up more government debt for sale than ever before -- $104 billion dollars worth of no...

The Powers of the Big Banks

Mike Lux | Posted 07.17.2009 | Business


Mike Lux

Progressives are keenly aware of all the political contributions the financial industry makes. But when you are as big as these behemoths, your power stretches far beyond campaign contributions.

Is the Treasury Market Signaling Recovery?

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business


Hale

Some are saying Treasuries are dropping only because of the increase in federal spending while others are saying we're simply going through a standard correction. Is it possible that it signals an economic recovery?

Are Credit Markets Back to Normal?

Alan Schram | Posted 06.22.2009 | Business


Alan Schram

Credit markets may not be completely healed, but they are in much better shape than they were three months ago.

Junk-Bond Rally Premature as Record Defaults Loom, Analysts Say

bloomberg.com | Shannon D. Harrington | Posted 06.07.2009 | Business


May 7 (Bloomberg) -- Junk-bond investors who have spurred the biggest rally on record are getting ahead of the recovery as the rate of company failure...

US Dollar Devaluation as Predicted

Diane Francis | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business


Diane Francis

The Chinese are starting to switch from investing in U.S. T-bills to buying hard assets for stockpiling or acquiring corporations at bargain-basement ...

More Nightmares Lurk on Street of Dreams

Dan Dorfman | Posted 03.27.2009 | Business


Dan Dorfman

Taking a longer term outlook, Leibovit thinks "we're in for five or six years of hell," with the Dow tumbling to about 2,000. So where should investors put their money? Consider cash and gold.

Kathy Hoskins, New Witness, Claims She Saw Trainer Inject Bonds

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 03.16.2009 | Home


SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors plan to call Barry Bonds' former personal shopper to testify at his trial next month that she saw the slugge...

Is it Time for "Job Bonds?"

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 03.05.2009 | Business


Hoyt Hilsman

As we face another global crisis, maybe it's time to invest in victory over the financial crisis with bonds to create jobs -- call them "job bonds."

Microsoft May Sell Bonds: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 21, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.22.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Microsoft is may issue bonds for the first time. Considering Microsoft has a top credit ranking from both the S&P and Moody's, if Redmond were to is...

Goldman Advises Bets Against Bonds It Sold

ProPublica | Sharona Coutts | Posted 12.12.2008 | Business


Goldman, Sachs & Co. urged some of its big clients to place investment bets against California bonds this year despite having collected millions of do...

Alchemy Lives!

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.22.2008 | Business


Harry Shearer

I may be an economic special-needs person, but there's one fact about the current credit meltdown that seems to be escaping a lot of attention.