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High Yield Credit Spreads at Record Levels
As of today, credit spreads on High Yield bonds have attained new heights, those not seen since October…
Bailout Failure: Voters Rescued
Perhaps the biggest problem with the credit market debacle is that Main Street doesn't get it. Literally. Try…
Is There a Bull Market Somewhere?
Not likely, according to PIMCO's Bill Gross. In his most recent Investment Outlook, Gross, reasons and opposes (for…
Credit Crisis Observations
Niels Jensen and Jan Wilhelmsen of Absolute Return Partners (www.arpllp.com) produced an informative analysis of the credit crisis…
Oil Front Month Contract Goes Haywire
Today's trading in the oil saw the front month October contract, which rolled over today, close at $123,…
Highs and Lows of the Week
The following chart shows how the ten sectors of the S&P 500 performed this week in the context of…
Oil Closes at $104
Oil prices rallied back over $100 in the midst of this weeks turmoil, to close Friday at $104, up…
Rob Fraim's Call on Energy
September 17, 2008 - The fall in the price of oil during the past two months may not have surprised everyone,…
Energy-Led Correction: Capitulation Selling Underway?
BCA Research postulates that commodities are in a bull market consolidation and that it does not appear to…
International Equity Snapshot
Equity markets across the world have been reeling lately, and our trading range charts for indices of 22…
Few Gain, Many Lose from Frannie Bailout
UK bank shares are having a huge day (above are the 9:20 a.m. (Eastern Time) prices of UK bank stocks,…
Global Market Performance From 52-Week Highs
This past year's declines in local and international markets have had their beginnings at different points in time.…
Pershing Square Capital Management Releases Letter to U.S. Treasury Department Regarding Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. sent the following letter September 6, 2008 (courtesy: BusinessWire) to the U.S. Treasury Department regarding…
US Market Sectors Snapshot
Below we highlight trading range charts of the S&P 500 and its ten sectors. In the charts below,…
Mobius: Positive on Commodities, China
Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Asset Management, is very positive on commodities, especially integrated emerging markets oil…
