Pricing Treasuries with Ben Bernanke

Pricing Treasuries with Ben Bernanke

Article by David Lamb

Since the financial crisis led the American economy off a cliff last fall, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has been trying to drive it the quick way back up the mountain. Lately though, as he realizes the quickest way is often the most dangerous, he

China May Dump US Treasuries and Move to Buy Euro Bonds

Alex Ansary UNN Newsroom September 28, 2011 In August, No new jobs have been created. A new report says the number of new jobs roughly equaled the number of jobs lost. the length of the average workweek fell slightly to 34 hours. This is the first time a jobs report has come in at zero since February 1945. The AP reports that unemployment for young people is the highest since World War II, and they risk living in poverty more than others – nearly 1 in 5. China has stated their plan to liquidate US treasuries. Their central bank plans to down their portfolio of US debt as soon as possible. Li Daokui at the World Economic Forum say that they intend to move from foreign reserve holdings to physical assets including stakes in Boeing, Intel, and Apple. He said Once the US Treasury market stabilizes they can liquidate more of their holdings.. All this after five of the world’s top central banks moved to flood the markets with dollars. The European Central Bank said it will work closely with the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, and the Swiss National Bank. Their plan is to offer 3 month loans to banks until the end of the year. The FED has just launched their ‘Twist’ stimulus initiative….sure to be packed full of lemons… They The Fed plan spend about 0 billion buying back bonds maturing withing 3 years and swapping this for longer-term debt. They claim this will help boost loans and keep interest rates down yet this plan puts no money directly into …

Trading Forex – Treasuries and the Dollar.

Trading Forex – Treasuries and the Dollar.

Article by Mike P. Kulej

Since the global financial crisis erupted in full last year, most attention was given to short term interest rates. Central Banks were seemingly engaged in a race to zero, trying to bring their respective benchmarks to the lowest possible levels. This was meant to prevent a freeze in credit markets and encourage banks to write loans. Once most Central Banks managed to increase money supply, general focus shifted to stock markets, which were hitting multi year lows. Now that equities world wide staged impressive rallies, attention once again has moved to interest rates. Long term this time.

Will Treasuries Continue to Sizzle This Summer?

Will Treasuries Continue to Sizzle This Summer?

Wall Street’s sleepiest investment is all of a sudden its hottest one: Treasury bonds. The European debt crisis and stock-market volatility are combining to power Treasury bonds to one of their best years ever.

“Treasuries have become the place investors are going globally to hold their capital,” says Tony Crescenzi, a portfolio manager at bond-market powerhouse PIMCO. “Investors want liquidity [the ability to buy and sell easily] and the Treasury market has that.”  Read more...

I Bonds: Treasuries with an Inflationary Kicker

I Bonds: Treasuries with an Inflationary Kicker

Article by Glenn Dahlke

There must be a touch of inflation in the air, since a few clients have been calling with questions regarding I Bonds. With the low inflationary environment of late, there hasn’t been a lot of press concerning I Bonds. But since we don’t know what evil lurks around the economic corner, it may be time to review what these I Bonds are all about.

Clinton Begs China – “Buy our US Treasuries or Die”

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