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Another Fixed Income Vehicle
By Staff WriterIn the current climate of high volatility in the equity markets and possible credit loosening by the Federal Reserve, consider ETFs that focus on municipal bonds.
August 23, 2007
Hedge Funds Cashing in On Subprime MessSome hedge funds are actually profiting off of the subprime mortgage debacle and the market volatility that it has helped cause.
August 22, 2007
What's Going On With Money Market Funds?Money market funds--something almost everyone takes for granted--are not supposed to be newsworthy. But during the first two weeks of August. Standard & Poor's put...
August 17, 2007
RIAs Are Fastest Growing Distribution ChannelNew research by Cerulli Associates says that the fastest growing advisor channels are the ones with the most independence, registered investment advisors (RIAs). The biggest...
August 17, 2007
Fed Cuts Discount Rate and U.S. Markets RespondThe Federal Reserve Board cut the discount rate from 6.25% to 5.75% before the opening stock market bell on August 17. The Fed announced that...
August 17, 2007
A Lesson, and Test, in How to Weather Market GyrationsThe subprime loan debacle continues to cause volatility in the markets, leading to the Federal Reserve Board's decision August 17 to improve market liquidity by...
August 17, 2007
House Tells Senate to Raise GSE Loan LimitHouse Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) and Rep. Gary Miller (R-California) urged the U.S. Senate August 17 to raise the conforming loan limit beyond the House passed reform bill for the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSE) of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
August 16, 2007
Moody's Lowers Countrywide Debt RatingTwo days after the largest provider of home mortgages in the U.S., Countrywide Financial, announced that a full 1% of its home loans were in foreclosure, the company got more bad news on August 16 from a ratings agency. Moody's Investors Service downgraded the senior debt ratings of Countrywide Financial...