A brief history of interest rates, from the first Thanksgiving to the bond boom
The Pilgrims probably paid 12-18% to finance their new lives (lucky for us they took the risk). Read More…
INsider: ‘Death spiral’ awaits if muni tax break erased
Supercommittee notion of doing away with exemption not so super; going down the Whitney path. Read More…
Value stocks best bet to navigate choppy seas
Large-cap-value stocks stand out as the clear favorite in equities for the year ahead, according to financial advisers who took part in the 2011 InvestmentNews Industry Attitudes survey. Read More…
In Uncertain Times, Municipal Bonds Call for Caution
When the prominent banking analyst Meredith Whitney predicted late last year that “hundreds of billions of dollars” of municipal bond defaults would occur in 2011, it rattled the nearly $3 trillion market. Read More…
Everybody out of the mortgage pool? That’s a mistake, says ING fund manager
Dutra points out that Ginnie Mae’s offer an explicit guarantee; government-backed bonds provide ‘ballast’ for bolder bets. Read More…