Friday, November 20th, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘ Mortgage Backed Securities ’

What could be worse than a housing bust?

Nov 13th, 2009 | By Doug Hornig | Category: Featured, Financial News

If You Thought the Housing Meltdown Was Bad…
Doug Hornig, Senior Editor, (Casey Research):

…wait until you see what’s in the cards for commercial real estate.



Will Bernanke Kill Santa Claus?

Nov 4th, 2009 | By Andrew Snyder | Category: Notes From the Investment Underground

Baltimore (TFN): The Fed is meeting today. And I ask who cares? At this point, Bernanke and his troupe of politicians masquerading as economists are in so far over their heads, no matter what they do or say, you can bet the move is designed to protect their butts, not yours.



Buy, Sell or Hold: Buy iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF For Solid Profit at a Time of Great Uncertainty

Jul 13th, 2009 | By Horacio Marquez | Category: Featured, Stock Market Investing

With the “not-as-bad-as-expected” news surrounding the economy and the initial government stimulus measures have been priced in to the market, we are moving into a period of profound uncertainty. With the release of Alcoa Inc.’s (NYSE: AAearnings report, earnings season has officially begun.



Are Banks Really Coming Back?

Jul 7th, 2009 | By Andrew Gordon | Category: Financial News


The Friedman Effect: Is Another Bear Market Around the Corner?

Jun 23rd, 2009 | By Dr. Mark Skousen | Category: Politics & Economics

In 1961, the great free-market economist Milton Friedman wrote a paper called “The Lag in Effect of Monetary Policy,” wherein he discovered a six- to nine-month delay in how long it would take for a change in monetary policy to be felt in the economy and the stock market.



The Mighty AAA, A Pair Trade, More Gov. Intervention, Buy This Future Tech and More!

May 15th, 2009 | By Ian Mathias | Category: Financial News

Should U.S. debt still garner a AAA? One agency shows first signs of downgrade… Alan Knuckman offers “the most important indicator” in today’s market… Chris Mayer’s pair trade “the financial crisis will not undo”… Obama’s latest intervention… how the government plans to fix the derivatives market… A tech industry Patrick Cox says “you want to own” right now



Why Wall Street is Missing the U.S. Housing Recovery

Apr 8th, 2009 | By William Patalon III | Category: Featured, Real Estate Investments

Wall Street created the U.S. housing bubble and now it’s missing the real estate rebound.  And Andrew Waite understands why.



Fed’s $1 Trillion Debt-Buying Plan Loosens Lending and Drains the Dollar

Mar 20th, 2009 | By Jason Simpkins | Category: Financial News

While the U.S. Federal Reserve’s plan to buy more than $1 trillion in debt has helped unfreeze the credit markets, it has also effectively capped U.S. Treasury yields and undermined the dollar.



Global Investment News Briefs Thursday, March 19, 2009

Mar 19th, 2009 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News

Fed will Buy up to $1 Trillion in Securities; Source: IBM Looking to Buy Sun; Record Hedge Funds Collapses in 2008; Stale Earnings at General Mills; World Bank: China Stabilizing; AIG Exec Asks for Bonus Money Back



Hold on to Your Hat

Mar 19th, 2009 | By Chuck Butler | Category: Financial News, US Dollar & Forex Trading

Fed opens the pocket book…  Creative measures…  Inflation/dollar debasement concern…  Currencies soar…  And Now… Today’s Pfennig!