Bonds
Daily Data Flow: Fed Bond Buying Commitment Lifts Stocks; Cypriot Banks Negotiate with Russia; Good Day for Chinese Stocks
Today, the Federal Reserve announced it will maintain its practice of buying bonds to stimulate the economy, and...
Eagle Daily Investor: German Business Confidence Rises; J.C. Penny Prospects Improve with Financing; Pimco’s Chief Predicts Yields May Climb for Treasuries
Despite a week of sub-par news, German business confidence rose more than analysts expected to reach a 10-month...
Eagle Eye Opener: Don’t Expect Help for the Markets from Obama’s Speech; ING Misses Earnings and Announces Job Cuts; Long Bond Loses Luster
What will make a difference to the markets is not the State of the Union speech btut whether...
Eagle Eye Opener: Michael Dell’s $24 Billion Offer to Buy Back Company Accepted; McGraw Hill, S&P 500 Sued for Allegedly Understating Risk of Mortgage-Backed Securities; Barclays Spends $12 Billion for Payment Protection Insurance
Michael Dell, founder of Dell, Inc., won approval to take publicly traded DELL corporation private in a $24.4...
Eagle Eye Opener: Ford Braces for $2 Billion Loss in Europe; Fed Chairman Plans Bond Buying into 2014; Pfizer Forecasts Big 2013 Profit
Ford (F) earned 31 cents a share in Q4 2012, crushing analysts’ estimates by almost 25 percent. But...
Eagle Eye Opener: Fiscal Cliff Imminent; Bonds to Bust in 2013?; Housing Prices up
As President Obama and Republicans returned to work this week, there isn’t a lot of investor optimism worldwide...
Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Drop; Fixed Income Dangers; Japanese Stocks on High
U.S. stocks fell, halting a six-day rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as the standoff in...
Eagle Eye Opener: EU Officially Is in Recession; Potential U.S. Credit Downgrade Looms
Eurostat reported negative economic growth in the third quarter for the 17-member European Union (EU). On the heels...
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall; Bonds Risky; Obama’s New Tax Hike
U.S. stocks sank, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to the lowest level since June, as concern about...
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Beat Commodities and Bonds in September; Fed Chairman Bernanke Tries to Explain Purpose of QE3; Hedge Funds’ Returns Fall; “Fiscal Cliff” Worries Mount
Stocks Beat Bonds, Commodities With Longest Rally Since 2007 (Bloomberg) Emerging markets led global stocks to the fourth monthly...