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Mortgage-Bond Yields Hit Lows on Speculation of More Fed Buying - Bloomberg
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae mortgage bonds fell to record lows, dragged down by their declining spreads relative to government notes after the Federal Reserve began a $500 billion program to buy the bonds ...
Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:34:00 GMT

Alistair Darling prays the gilts passion lasts - Times Online
It is suddenly fashionable to suggest we are in the throes of a fresh investment bubble - this time in government bonds. Gilts have been bid up to dizzy levels as investors buy into the notion that deflation is coming and is here to stay. Why else ...
Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:32:00 GMT

Mortgage-Bond Spreads Fall Amid Speculation of More Fed Buying - Bloomberg
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae mortgage securities tumbled to the lowest since October 2007 relative to government notes, after the Federal Reserve began a $500 billion program to buy the bonds. The difference ...
Posted: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:57:00 GMT

Time To Short Treasuries? - Seekingalpha.com
We all know what bubbles look like, particularly after they burst. But how do we judge a bubble before it is obviously over? Many have speculated that the time is close, if not already here, to short treasuries. For some interesting background, let ...
Posted: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:54:00 GMT

Top Stock Picks '09: US Cellular Senior Notes (UZG) - Bloggingstocks.com
This post is part of a special annual report -- Top Stock Picks '09 -- in which TheStockAdvisors.com asked 75 leading newsletter advisors to select their favorite investment for the new year. "My top pick is US Cellular 8.75% Senior Notes (NYSE: UZG ...
Posted: Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:08:00 GMT

Fed says it will start buying mortgage securities in January - MENAFN
SAN FRANCISCO (Menafn - MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it will start buying mortgage-backed securities in early January in the central bank's latest effort to stabilize housing markets and resuscitate the U.S. economy. The Fed ...
Posted: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:56:00 GMT

Sick of Stocks? Trade Carbon - The Money Times
In contrast to a traditional ETF such as the SPDR (AMEX: SPY ) , the AirShares fund is passively managed and does not track an index; instead, it tracks a basket of exchange-traded futures contracts for European Union Allowances (EUAs), which permit ...
Posted: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:04:00 GMT

Local real estate experts bracing for another rocky year - Naples Daily News
View the November 2008 Builder Permit Reports for Lee and Collier counties. Home prices are expected to decline in 2009, but lower prices should spur more sales. In Lee County, 2008 turned out to be one of the best on record for existing single ...
Posted: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:54:00 GMT