Monday, May 2, 2011

Pimco's Gross Says a Fed Funds Target at Virtually Zero Hurts Bondholders - Bloomberg

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Pimco's Gross Says a Fed Funds Target at Virtually Zero Hurts Bondholders
Bloomberg
“The argument over whether the end of QE2 on June 30 will result in higher yields and lower Treasury bond prices is, in a sense, a secondary one,” Gross wrote. “Even if 10-year Treasuries stay where they are at 3.30 percent, and fed funds close to zero ...

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Yonder On The Wonder (Cruising To Mexico, Disney Style), Part Three - Maritime Matters

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Yonder On The Wonder (Cruising To Mexico, Disney Style), Part Three
Maritime Matters
In a rare burst of extroversion, my companion Mike asked the tender captain if we could circle the ship, and, to my pleasant shock, he said yes. I kept the cameras out as we motored along the shaded side of the liner-like Disney apparition and clicked ...

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Gas prices up as battle brews over oil subsidies - Bizjournals.com

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Gas prices up as battle brews over oil subsidies
Bizjournals.com
Part of the issue instead can be attributed to the declining value of the dollar, which on Thursday fell to the lowest levels since August 2008 after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the second round of quantitative easing, or QE2, ...

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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Ship has sailed on QE2, analyst says - InvestmentNews

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Ship has sailed on QE2, analyst says
InvestmentNews
With the expiration of the second round of quantitative easing scheduled for next month, investors shouldn't assume that the fixed-income markets will respond as they did at the expiration of the first round. It is different this time, ...

Developments on the Psychological Tape (take heed or be headed) - Benzinga

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Developments on the Psychological Tape (take heed or be headed)
Benzinga
Institutional Money will be net-sellers of equities prior to the conclusion of QE2 (end of June) 5. What Everyone owns is not worth owning (at least not once SS Scott is announcing why they own it, excitedly and loudly). Laugh, scoff, spit if you ...

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Friday, April 29, 2011

US Stocks Rise - Business Area

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US Stocks Rise
Business Area
“We closed April with an impressive gains in market share helped by ongoing asset purchase program QE2 The Fed and better than expected first quarter profits that come from all sectors of corporate America,” said Frederic Dickson of DA Davidson & Co. ...

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US stocks boosted by corporate earnings - Channel News Asia

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US stocks boosted by corporate earnings
Channel News Asia
"We are closing out April with impressive gains in the stock market helped by the Fed's ongoing QE2 asset purchase program and better-than-expected first-quarter earnings coming from a wide cross-section of corporate America," said Frederic Dickson at ...

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US stocks rise despite Microsoft drag - Trading Room

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US stocks rise despite Microsoft drag
Trading Room
"We are closing out April with impressive gains in the stock market helped by the Fed's ongoing QE2 asset purchase program and better-than-expected first-quarter earnings coming from a wide cross-section of corporate America," said Frederic Dickson at ...

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Parsing Bernanke: First Trust's Brian Wesbury on How Fed Chief's Words ... - AdvisorOne

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Parsing Bernanke: First Trust's Brian Wesbury on How Fed Chief's Words ...
AdvisorOne
A: Traditionally, no; they usually like to run a tight ship and speak with more of a unified voice. That was certainly the case with Paul Volcker, which eventually got him into trouble with dissenting votes. But Bernanke seems to relish debate and ...

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

Blame game starts for high gas prices - Bizjournals.com

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Blame game starts for high gas prices
Bizjournals.com
Part of the issue instead can be attributed to the declining value of the dollar, which on Thursday fell to the lowest levels since August 2008 after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the second round of quantitative easing, or QE2, ...

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Market Barometer: April 27, 2011 - Optionetics

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Market Barometer: April 27, 2011
Optionetics
“BullnankeSpeak” keeps the Street appeased with no forthcoming rate hikes in next couple meetings and keeping to $600B QE2 program. Lurking (somewhere) socio/economic, oil and sovereign debt threats still in the mix and potentially disruptive. ...

S&P Cuts Japan's Sovereign Rating Outlook - The Business Insider

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S&P Cuts Japan's Sovereign Rating Outlook
The Business Insider
The key focus surrounding the Fed meeting was QE2 and its future. While the end of round two in June was confirmed, Bernanke signaled that record stimulus will be maintained until job growth can stand on its own two feet and that a recovery is showing ...

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S&P Cuts Japan's Sovereign Rating Outlook - Daily Reckoning - American Edition

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S&P Cuts Japan's Sovereign Rating Outlook
Daily Reckoning - American Edition
The key focus surrounding the Fed meeting was QE2 and its future. While the end of round two in June was confirmed, Bernanke signaled that record stimulus will be maintained until job growth can stand on its own two feet and that a recovery is showing ...

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FOMC: Complete QE2 and Sail Into Uncertain Seas - FXstreet.com

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FOMC: Complete QE2 and Sail Into Uncertain Seas
FXstreet.com
The confluence of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans represents a rough passage for any ship. In fact, the Drake Passage was discovered when Drake was actually blown off course while passing through the Strait of Magellan. For the Fed, sailing through the ...

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FOMC: Complete QE2 and Sail Into Uncertain Seas - Action Forex

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FOMC: Complete QE2 and Sail Into Uncertain Seas
Action Forex
The confluence of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans represents a rough passage for any ship. In fact, the Drake Passage was discovered when Drake was actually blown off course while passing through the Strait of Magellan. For the Fed, sailing through the ...

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