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Asset Allocation: March 2011
By Editorial StaffI don’t think we’re in a bond bubble, although I know many people feel that way. Our increase in our equity allocation recently simply reflects…
March 01, 2011
Betting on the Bond BubbleWhat’s the difference between tulips, the South Sea Company, stocks in the Roaring Twenties, Japan’s Nikkei in the 80s, the NASDAQ 90s, the recent housing boom, the current price of gold—and bonds?
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.