Tag: Bonds
Income Investors: Is It Time To Trade In Your Aggregate Bond...
Over the years I have seen investors make a number of mistakes with their income portfolios. Typically these range from having too much cash...
Investing ETFs To Watch For Global Deflationary Signals
The stock market has been pretty choppy to begin the New Year. Could this be a deflationary signal? Stocks have see-sawed up and down...
Fed Taper Effects: Bonds, Gold, and US Employment Correlations
Many talking heads have been chatting about the coming Fed taper effects on the market. But what if the Fed taper is already being...
The Evolution Of Fear And Greed: Beyond The Sovereign Debt Crisis
Throughout 2009 and 2010, the headlines alternated between potential bank failures and Europe's Sovereign Debt Crisis. In short, the equity and credit markets were...
Bonds 101: Understanding the Price-Yield-Value Relationship
The incessant noise around whether to taper or not to taper got me thinking that it may be a good idea to cover off...
Why Bond Yields May Be Headed Lower Short-Term
First, I want to note that I agree with the masses that bond yields (interest rates) are ultimately going to be higher over the...
Global Financial Markets, In Pictures
By Andrew Nyquist    It doesn't take 20-20 vision to see that the U.S. stock market is off to a good start in 2013. Similar to...
Stock Market Indicators Point to Slowing Momentum
By Korey Bauer   The S&P 500 Index is up 8.91% year-to-date and has had a remarkable run in the 1st quarter of 2013. What is...
12 Questions Regarding That Bond Market Bubble
By Ross Heart
As 2013 began, financial market participants were showered with a new batch of predictions and outlooks for the New Year. A common prognostication...
Retiree Predicament: Stocks or Bonds in 2013?
By Jeff Voudrie
As a wealth manager of mostly retired investors, I have over the past few years conservatively positioned my clients with the majority of...