Posts Tagged ‘bond funds’
January 4th, 2010
(Lee Siler) - Stocks are indicating a strong opening on the first trading day of the New Year. The question on everybody's mind is whether or not stocks can perform anywhere close to 09's performance? As intelligent investors, we know that at some point this year the Fed will start cutting stimulus to the economy and in fact, they already have to some degree. Considering we're at historically low interest rates there's only one direction they can go. Obviously, Wall Street is listening to every word the Fed says to try and get a clue when the tightening trend will begin. The fact of the matter is that rates have started going up; it's just the Fed Funds rate is still holding still.
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September 25th, 2009
(Marcel Dupre) - There are many opportunities that this financial crisis has opened for us. Here are a few things you can do or we can do for you at this time:
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July 2nd, 2009
(Tom Prybylo) - It’s important to remember that equities have been a powerful tool for wealth preservation and accumulation over time, despite many downturns (“corrections”) and often more severe than what we have recently experienced. The economy has weathered prior periods of tight credit, poor corporate earnings, high inflation, wars and political uncertainty and gone on to reward investors who have the patience and fortitude to stay invested.
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