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Eurozone Ministers May Seek IMF Help
By Marlene Y. SatterAlthough eurozone ministers agreed Tuesday to boost the value of the rescue fund, they acknowledged that they might call on the International Monetary Fund for help to do so after Italy's borrowing costs soared nearly to 8%, a euro lifetime high.
November 28, 2011
The Long and Short of Long-Short FundsAt the Morningstar Investor Conference in 2006, one breakout session panelist noted the 40 long-short funds in existence, predicting the number would increase tenfold in the next two years.
November 28, 2011
Four Strong Companies With Stable Dividends Might Beat TreasuriesSlipping quality, miniscule returnsemerging market banana republic? Actually, U.S. Treasury bonds.
November 27, 2011
Top Portfolio Products: MassMutual Selected for Taft-Hartley PlanFidelity, Verizon team on app; VA benefits on the rise
November 25, 2011
Italy's ‘Awful’ Debt Sale Doesn't Ease CrisisItaly managed to sell 10 billion euros ($13.2 billion) worth of sovereign bonds on Friday in an "awful" auction, but thats about the only good thing that can be said about the event, according to experts.
November 23, 2011
Top Funds for Tough MarketsThe fund research team at S&P Capital IQ says that thanks to a nice market uptick in October, the S&P 500 Index was back in the black on a year-to-date basis through Oct. 28, rising 2.2 percent. The teams latest report, authored by Todd Rosenbluth, notes that these market gains...
November 23, 2011
Bond Investors Seek More TransparencyMany U.S. retail bond investors would like more information about how individual bonds are priced and the way that theyre sold, according to a recent report released by Charles Schwab. The study found that 73 percent of bond investors surveyed want pricing details, 44 percent cant figure out how...
November 23, 2011
Bond Vigilantes Claim New Victim as German Bund Sale Fails: News AnalysisIn an ominous sign of the malignancy of Europes financial contagion, Germany held a bond auction Wednesday to which few buyers showed up.