Long-term U.S. Treasury bonds have fallen 7% in value since November 1 and municipal bonds have fallen 6%. “Safe” investments like Treasury’s and Munis are not supposed to crash they are the mainstay of widows and orphans. So What’s happening? For most of the last century, the whole world has believed the obligations of the U.S. […]
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Video (Part 1): Prechter On Market Rally (Note: This interview was originally recorded on September 20, 2010) In the video below, Robert Prechter talks to Yahoo! Finance Tech Ticker host Aaron Task and Henry Blodget about extreme readings in various indicators that confirm his bear-market forecast. If you can’t see the video it is no
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By David Galland and Kevin Brekke, Casey Research The other day, I came across an article that said, while individuals may be moving their money out of equities, they have been moving into bond funds – and in a big way. It’s called jumping from the frying fan into the fire. Based on my experience
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The following is an excerpt from Robert Prechter’s Elliott Wave Theorist. Elliott Wave International is currently offering Bob’s recent Elliott Wave Theorist, free. On February 23, EWT called for the S&P to bottom in the 600s and then begin a sharp rally, the biggest since the 2007 high. The S&P bottomed at 667 on March 6. Then the stock market and commodities went almost straight up for three months as the dollar fell.
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 Recently I received this question about I-bonds. I-bonds are inflation adjusted Treasury bonds. The amount they pay is adjusted twice a year to compensate for the effects of inflation. I am a holder of Treasury I bonds (adjusts to the CPI every May & Nov.) Last November the CPI that Treasury used was 2.8,
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