BloggingStocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com BloggingStocks http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/media/feedlogo.gif BloggingStocks http://www.bloggingstocks.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Comfort Zone Investing: If I Could Start All Over Again ...]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/04/02/comfort-zone-investing-if-i-could-start-all-over-again/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/04/02/comfort-zone-investing-if-i-could-start-all-over-again/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/04/02/comfort-zone-investing-if-i-could-start-all-over-again/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Most investors would like a "do over."

They look back on certain investments and wish they'd never heard of, much less put money in them. Sure things like your good friend's invention that would make beer in one day from water and weeds. Or your brother's idea of selling real estate on Saturn. Everyone has their own stories. Mine are usually related to private investments in the medical device field or biotech, though I did have one out of Florida that made a "pig" that ran through oil pipelines to check on their safety. After meeting the founder who looked more like a used car salesman that caught a great sale on polyester suits, I should have known better right then. But I didn't.

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Comfort Zone Investing: If I Could Start All Over Again ... originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AAPLAmgenAMGNApplebondscomfort zone investingdiversityfeaturedGOOGGoogleIBMinvestingresearching stocksResearchingStocksSavingstock pickingStockPickingSat, 02 Apr 2011 10:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Five Mega Trends for the Next Five Years]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/03/31/five-mega-trends-for-the-next-five-years/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/03/31/five-mega-trends-for-the-next-five-years/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/03/31/five-mega-trends-for-the-next-five-years/#commentsFiled under: , ,

"We are seeing history in the making. And what's happening in the Middle East is coinciding with some of the mega trends underlying our investment position," note long-standing resource experts Mary Anne and Pamela Aden.

The editors of The Aden Forecast explain, "Here, we review five trends -- related to inflation, interest rates, the U.S. dollar, bonds, and metals -- that should last for many years.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bondsfeaturedgoldinflationinterest ratesMary Anne AdenPamela AdenThe Aden ForecastU.S. dollarThu, 31 Mar 2011 15:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Pimco's Gross Sells All U.S. Government Holdings]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/03/09/pimcos-gross-sells-all-us-government-holdings/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/03/09/pimcos-gross-sells-all-us-government-holdings/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/03/09/pimcos-gross-sells-all-us-government-holdings/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

This is indeed a dramatic move. The world's largest bondholder, Pacific Invest Management Company, dubbed Pimco, sold all of its U.S. government holdings including U.S. treasuries.

At the end of February, Pimco had $236.93 billion or 12% of its holdings in the Total Return Fund in U.S. holdings. That was cut to zero.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bondsfeaturedFederal Reserve interest rates Total Return Fund sells all US hointhenewsPimcoUS dollarUS treasury saleWed, 09 Mar 2011 15:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Gary Shilling's Investment Strategies for 2011]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/01/20/gary-shillings-investment-strategies-for-2011/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/01/20/gary-shillings-investment-strategies-for-2011/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/01/20/gary-shillings-investment-strategies-for-2011/#commentsFiled under:

Editors note: Economist Gary Shilling has agreed to share with BloggingStocks his 18 investment strategies for 2011. But he will only be revealing them a little at a time, over the next few weeks, so check back often!

My investment strategies for 2011 are driven by my forecasts for the economies and financial markets here and abroad. In my view, the overarching reality that will dominate 2011 and, indeed, the next decade or so is financial deleveraging, as spelled out in my new book, The Age of Deleveraging: Investment strategies for a decade of slow growth and deflation, which was published in November 2010 by John Wiley & Sons.

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Gary Shilling's Investment Strategies for 2011 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bondsdividend stocksdividendsfeaturedgary shillingtreasurysThu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Bonds to Bounce Back?]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/09/bonds-to-bounce-back/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/09/bonds-to-bounce-back/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/12/09/bonds-to-bounce-back/#commentsThe activity in the Treasury market over the last couple of days has been eye opening to say the least. Bonds have been absolutely crushed, and the yield on the 10-Year note has exploded through the 3% level to 3.27%. On a very short-term basis, this move looks to be too much too soon, and Treasuries appear to be oversold. On a longer-term basis, this market may implode if credit and inflation concerns creep into the picture down the road -- not an unlikely outcome.

Observers are pointing to a number of factors that are causing yields to rise. Some market participants are viewing this development as an indicator that investors are beginning to price in more robust growth going into 2011. This would be a good thing. If this is in fact the case, a major stock market move could occur in very short order.

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To say that the financial crisis era has been riddled with half-truths, distortions, and outright falsehoods regarding the unprecedented public policies designed to maintain stable, liquid credit markets and help stimulate the U.S. economy, would be an understatement. Moreover, investors need to disabuse themselves of them if they hope to make informed, balanced, and prudent investment decisions.

One such misnomer concerns the categorization of quantitative easing.

As U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took pains to clarify Sunday, during his CBS '60 Minutes' interview, the Fed is most certainly not 'printing money.'

A monetary policy of printing money would involve adding money to the financial system that chases the same amount of goods. That can and typically does lead to higher inflation.

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Fed's QE2 is a Bridge to Normal Credit Markets originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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At its September meeting, the U.S. Federal Reserve indicated that (in a nutshell) it knows the economic expansion has slowed, it sees downward price pressure (as opposed to pricing power) in the economy, and it is prepared to take action, if necessary, to both stimulate the economy and fight deflation.

Investors want to know what form would additional quantitative easing, or 'QE2' as the business media calls it, take?

Most likely, it would take the form of additional asset purchases by the Fed, but don't rule out a creative, new tactic by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.

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Is the Fed's 'QE2' About to Leave the Port? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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EPFR Global tracks money flows worldwide. In a Bloomberg article, here are their latest numbers:

  • Investors pulled $7.1 billion from stock funds worldwide in the week Aug 25.
  • They put $5.2 billion into bonds.
  • European equity funds reported net outflows of $15.7 billion
  • Global emerging market funds took in $333 million.
  • Dollar bonds in developing nations returned 13% this year.Global bonds could surpass last year's record inflow of $47 billion.

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Comfort Zone InvestingWhen John D. Rockefeller was asked how much money was enough, he replied: "A little bit more." If you're looking to make a little bit more on your investments, here are places to find extra cash. Unfortunately, rates are very low and the emphasis has to be on "little" rather than "more."

Please note: none of these stocks or funds are recommended as buys. They may, however, be a good place to start research.

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Comfort Zone Investing: How Much Money Is Enough? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A new fear gripped the market Friday. Originally, gross domestic product -- the broadest measure of economic activity -- was reported to have grown 2.4% in the second quarter. Now, many are expecting the Department of Commerce will revise this figure down next week. According to a Bloomberg survey, revised GDP will have lost one point to a more anemic 1.4% growth.

The expectation of the lower GDP caused an accelerated rush to buy Treasuries. On the futures market, the 30 year bond was up 15 ticks to 134-26. The Dow Jones Industrial average continued its decline, falling yet another 90 points in early morning trade.

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Bonds Up, Stocks Down on Renewed Economic Fears originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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On top of the dot-com, NASDAQ, housing, oil, and commodity bubbles, add another, potential ephemeral rise: a bond bubble.

Could a bond bubble, or at least a U.S. bond bubble, occur? Indeed it could, and here's how it might appear.

Institutional investors, flush with cash, are unable to profitably deploy capital in stock-based (or comparable equity-based) investments, due to unattractive projected returns, stemming from the slow, uneven U.S. and global recoveries.

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Is the U.S. Experiencing a Bond Bubble? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Paraphrasing the great Mark Twain, if you don't like the stance of institutional investors, just wait a while.

Case in point: Investor sentiment toward the United States' large budget deficit and national debt.

A scant month ago, the talk was of bond vigilantes turning their wrath on the U.S., from Greece, Spain, Portugal and the rest of Europe's debt-plagued nations -- a predicament that would force interest rates up in the world's largest economy.

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Flight-to-Safety Pushes U.S. Interest Rates Lower originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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On the cusp of stress tests for Europe's banks, the continent may have already passed a major stress test -- one for the euro currency, Bloomberg News reported Thursday. A scant two months ago, the dominant concern among institutional investors was not the return on their investment in European government bonds, but the return of their investment.

Institutional investors drove up interest rates for debt-plagued nations Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Ireland, and banker-to-banker distrust increased.

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Has the Euro Passed Its Own Stress Test? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Think U.S. interest rates are low? Well, they may be headed even lower, so says a key North American bank.

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce said the 10-year U.S. Treasury rate may fall to a 15-month low of 2.75%, if it can fall and remain below a technical support level at 3.00%, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.

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Are U.S. Interest Rates Headed Even Lower? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In May, net long-term inflows into the United States fell to $35.4 billion from April's $81.5 billion. Foreigners bought only $14.9 billion in May, down from $76.4 billion in April. China, in particular, cut its treasury holdings by $43.5 billion to $867.7 billion. Japan, the second largest holder reduced its treasury stash by $8.8 billion to $786.7 billion.

This one is disturbing. Official or government investors were net sellers of $38.8 billion, a record. Private investors bought net $56.2 billion.

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How would like a two-year adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) at 1.00%. Or a 3-year ARM at 1.375%? Or a 10-year ARM at 3.42%?

Of course, in these constrained-credit times, typical, prospective home buyers aren't going to get mortgage rates that low, but that's what the U.S. Treasury is able to borrow at, despite likely, back-to-back $1 trillion budget deficits. On Monday at mid-day, the 10-year U.S. Treasury Note was at 3.42%.

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Investors Pile into U.S. Treasuries on Europe Debt Concerns originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 17 May 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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One of the world's premiere bond fund managers is recommending that investors view credit ratings issued by ratings agencies with a critical and skeptical eye.

Pimco's Bill Gross, in a commentary published on Pimco's website, said ratings agencies are necessary, but their services are overpriced and their evaluations are subject to the influence of the issuer, "which in turn muddles their minds and clouds their judgment to say the least."

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Pimco's Gross: Ratings Agencies Lack Common Sense originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 05 May 2010 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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They call themselves bond vigilantes. They are investors who are demanding higher yields at U.S. Treasury auctions.

Treasury auctions were going along quite smoothly until last week. Inflation is low, the housing market is in a slump and unemployment is at near record levels. All of this mixture is the stuff that low interest rates are made of.

Last week, the Greek debt crisis brought the problem of too much debt front and center. Now, investors are looking at the U.S. and see a mountain of fiscal debt that needs financing. The huge U.S. debt, $1.7 trillion, is making investors reappraise the yields on U.S. treasuries.

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Investors Demand Higher Yields on U.S. Treasuries originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When I read that economically troubled Greece has 10-year bonds currently yielding between 6.32% and 6.44%, I wondered why these have any worth at all given the many alternatives offering a better return and greater liquidity? This baffled me.

Only Tuesday, I wrote about Telecom Corp New Zealand (NZT), a stock paying over 10% yield. The story also mentions that AT&T, Inc. (T) is currently paying a 6.4% yield and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) is offering 6.25%. From my perspective, these are far better bets, safer and with some upside too than Greek debt.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Altriaannaly capital managementATTBondsdividend investingdividend stocksDividendInvestingdividendsDividendStocksDUKDuke EnergyGreecegreek debt crisisHCNHealth Care REITinthenewsMONLYPBIpitney bowesprospect capitalPSECSOsouthern companyTVerizonVZWed, 24 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Cat Bond Market Shift Favors Goldman Sachs]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/15/cat-bond-market-shift-favors-goldman-sachs/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/15/cat-bond-market-shift-favors-goldman-sachs/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/15/cat-bond-market-shift-favors-goldman-sachs/#commentsFiled under: ,

Nine catastrophe bonds have matured so far in the first quarter of 2010, removing $1.8 billion in risk-transfer capacity, according to data from Reuters. The insurance industry has compensated with $508 million in new cat bond risk capital, with the busy fourth quarter helping to absorb what is maturing now. Only one cat bond has closed so far this year, The Hartford's (HIG) $180 million Foundation Re III. But, the first quarter is usually a quiet one for the cat bond market.

It partly replaces the $105 million in protection that Foundation Re D afforded. Swiss Re (SWCEY) and SCOR (SCRYY) are also among the insurance companies with bonds maturing that have at least partial coverage from new cat bond issuances. Another four bonds have matured, however, with no new related issuance, affecting Munich Re (MURGY), AXA (AXA) and others.

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Cat Bond Market Shift Favors Goldman Sachs originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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