Why LIBOR Rates Show a Future Bull Run
LIBOR rates have plummeted since the start of the credit crisis last fall to levels unseen since the last recession in 2003. As they continue to fall, showing strength in the amount of credit available, banks have become more willing to borrow and lend, producing rather large profits at current mortgage rates.
Why LIBOR is so [...]
Hearye, Hearye: The Treasury Bubble is Bursting
It is now the beginning of the end of the treasury bubble. As investors feared further financial decay, treasuries were the hottest security on the market. Today, they’re hardly drawing any interest and rates are slowly, but surely, creeping upward.
Bubble Burst 101
Cash was king, but cash isn’t good enough for the biggest investors. Institutions, banks [...]
Will ETP Derivatives Help Individual Investors?
The first exchange-traded product to list in the United States will be launching soon. Its goal is to track the changes in price of American real estate with a leverage of 300%. The new products are very much like derivatives, having zero investments in their “underlying index” and instead using capital shifting measures to make [...]
Technicals are Back in the Wall Street Club
Volatility has subsided and technical analysis as a formidable stock picking strategy is coming back to Wall Street. Bigger investments from hedge funds and more action from banking stockpiles are making trading ranges much narrower, if not more predictable.
The End of Rogue Trading
Confidence in the market is bringing back liquidity, and it’s also taking investors [...]
Why You No Longer Need to Micromanage Your Portfolio
Micromanaging your portfolio can be a tremendous hassle – not to mention unprofitable for traders who sell out of winning positions and fail to cut losses. However, micromanagement may no longer be necessary in this market climate. Investors have started to return to the market, and the cash on the sidelines is starting to be [...]
New Bill Dampers Credit Card Industry’s Profit Party
Credit card companies relish in a dirty business, giving millions of people very small credit lines with incredibly high interest. To further the spending addiction, credit card companies make it extremely easy – and often rewarding – to use the card at as many places as possible. In addition to the revenues they earn on [...]
Economic Signs Point Green: What Durable Numbers Mean
Signs that the economy may soon turn around are everywhere. Investors have a renewed sense of optimism, consumers again have the confidence to make large purchases, and the market is finally seeing some positive action in the US automobile business.
Hard Data Sells
Hard data is what really drives the market – numbers that we can see, [...]
Why the Fundamentals Shall Prevail
A study from Bloomberg showed that the average American is pessimistic about today, but optimistic about the future. This is a bright sign in an economic universe so heavily influenced by confidence, including confidence that you can pay the bills, confidence you’ll keep your job, and the confidence that your wealth will always have [...]
The Plague of the Big Three: Oversupply
Investors began to rethink the automotive industry after news that GM would shut down many of its factories for as much as nine weeks this summer. The automotive industry has continued to pump out cars, even as the recession tore into sales of popular consumer products and stifled demand for one of the United [...]
Are You Ready for the Next Retirement Investment Revolution?
Investors planning for retirement may finally have an opportunity to keep more of their portfolio profits. As the cost to carry investments over long periods of time evaporates, the investing class will enjoy a higher standard of living, and banks will build a better relationship with their clients.
Not Free, But Nearly
In just a few short [...]
