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By Elizabeth Campbell, Bloomberg |
May 13, 2013
Hedge funds increased bets on lower gold prices after investors pulled a record $20.8 billion from bullion funds this year while BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest money manager, said it’s still bullish.
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By Paul Cox, Bloomberg |
May 10, 2013
Pacific Investment Management Co.’s Bill Gross wrote in a message on Twitter that the 30-year bull market for bonds “likely ended” on April 29.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 10, 2013
The President is pushing for natural gas exports. He must have run the numbers and now realizes what a positive impact it will have on his economy.
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By Lisa Abramowicz, Miles Weiss and Christine Harper |
May 8, 2013
Hedge funds using debt-trading strategies are expanding at a record pace as they profit from risks big banks are no longer taking.
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By Phil Flynn |
May 8, 2013
Pull out the party hats! Dow closed above 15000 for the first time in history! Although the Dow is rocking, and that has been a factor in the increase in oil from the lows, Dow records are just not what they used to be.
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By Gary Kamen |
May 6, 2013
Last week the S&P 500 was all about jobs, jobs and jobs. On Wednesday ADP released their numbers for April at 119,000, below expectations and dropping the S&P 15 points.
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By Daniel Kruger, Bloomberg |
May 3, 2013
Treasuries fell, boosting the 30-year bond yields by the most in seven months, after a report showed U.S. employers added more jobs in April than forecast, boosting the outlook for economic growth and trimming demand for refuge.
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By Peter Burrows |
May 2, 2013
Apple Inc. avoided as much as $9.2 billion in taxes by financing part of a $55 billion stock buyback with debt rather than offshore cash.
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By Bill Gross |
May 1, 2013
The past decade has proved that houses were merely homes and not ATM machines. They were not “good as money.” Likewise, the Fed’s modern day liquid wealth creations may suffer a similar fate at a future bubbled price.
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By Meera Louis and Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg |
May 1, 2013
The U.S. Treasury Department said it plans a floating-rate note sale as early as the fourth quarter this year and signaled it may decide to “gradually” reduce coupon auction sizes.
