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ETFs: The real reason for the Fed’s AIG bailout

September 17, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
"We can’t say we’re surprised. While workers at Lehman might feel somewhat aggrieved, it seems the Fed decided that AIG really was too big to fail." — John Stepek Blogger’s note: So why would the Fed bailout AIG after leaving Lehman Brothers hanging only days earlier? The real reason, according to John Stepek of the [...]

U.S. Treasury Bond Strategies: Barbells and Ladders

May 27, 2008 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · Comments 
“If your primary concern is to protect your money, there’s really only one place to go: U.S. government bonds. They may be boring. They may give underwhelming returns. But they’re safe. And they have the full backing of the U.S. government. And that still means something.” — [...]

Profit from China: Invest in Japan

May 15, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“So why is this move by Japan’s central bank important? That’s easy. We’ve been hearing for years how the Japanese economy is poised for a recovery. And each New Year is supposed to be ‘the’ year - yet it just somehow never seems to happen - at least according to folks who [...]

Fed Rate Cut: Feed the world or save the housing market

April 29, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
“Interest rate policy normally only affects the world economy at the margin, but it has now been so expansionary for so long that the Fed’s interest-rate strategy has turned into a moral dilemma of sorts. In short, the central bank’s monetary policy will likely determine whether millions of U.S. homeowners lose their homes or millions [...]

Options Investing: Think Globally

January 30, 2008 · Filed Under US Stocks and Markets · Comments 
“If you want to continue making money, you have to think globally. And as always, if you want to make the kind of profits worth bragging about, you have to find the investments wrongly underrated by the Street. ” – Andrew Snyder By Andrew Snyder Baltimore (TFN) — American investors and economists have just one [...]