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Behind the Numbers with Gary Shilling
By Editorial StaffI don’t think we’re in a bond bubble, although I know many people feel that way.
March 01, 2011
REITs: Looking UpSri Nagarajan FBR Capital Markets 646-885-5429 [email protected] We are initiating coverage of Cedar Shopping Centers (CDR) with an Outperform rating…
March 01, 2011
Monthly vs. Quarterly vs. Annual: Does Frequency Matter?Recently, when I’ve had the chance to listen to insurance company annuity wholesalers pitch their variable annuity riders, I’ve been hearing…
March 01, 2011
A Waste of a GenerationEven though baby boomers caused terrible anguish to their parents while going through adolescence and early adulthood in the 1960s and 1970s, they themselves…
March 01, 2011
Bernanke to Stay Course on Policy; Sees Little Inflation ConcernFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke boldly predicted to Congress on Tuesday that rising oil prices will cause only a brief and modest rise in consumer inflation.
March 01, 2011
Senate Democrats Agree to GOP Spending Cuts, Avert Shutdown Through March 18The House was poised Tuesday to pass legislation cutting federal spending by $4 billion and averting a government shutdown for two weeks--Senate Democrats, yielding to the inevitable, said they would go along.
March 01, 2011
Last Week’s Market Slide a Dress Rehearsal: Searching for Alpha for March 2011As I mentioned in last week's blog on AdvisorOne, the Libyan-inspired pullback in stock prices in the last full week of February is an event that needs to be strategically considered.
March 01, 2011
EU Court Says Gender Can’t Be Factor in InsuranceThe European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that insurance companies cannot consider gender as a factor when determining premiums and payouts on such products as annuities, retirement savings and coverage for accidents.