 ABC News Although the latest week's retreat from bond funds was surprising, the amount pulled out was far smaller than for two other fund categories, stock funds and money-market funds. As the market tumbled, investors withdrew about $7.5 billion from stock ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bond ETFs That Soar When Stocks Sink Smartmoney.com Not gold, not inverse or leveraged funds, but in exchange-traded funds that invest as far out in the bond market as possible, collectively known as long-term bond ETFs. Most bond funds and ETFs concentrate their portfolios in intermediate-term bonds ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Milan Stock Exchange ends disastrous "black week" Xinhua The main FTSE Mib stock market index closed Friday down 0.70 percent, hitting a new low at 16015 points, following a wave of panic selling at the opening. The spread or difference in yields on Italian 10-year government bonds and benchmark German bonds ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Local investors not panicking, but they are a little jittery Charleston Post Courier The US flag flies from the New York Stock Exchange on Friday in New York. Fears that the economy might dip back into recession helped send the Dow Jones industrial average down 513 points on Thursday. European leaders are struggling to contain that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| KSE nosedives 471 points The News International KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) took one of the deepest plunges of its history on Friday when its 100-share index lost 471 points following the decline in global stock and commodity markets, said traders. Investors, particularly foreign... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Asian Stocks Have Biggest Fall in Three Years on Growth Concern Bloomberg Japan's moves to sell the currency, which this week neared a post-World War II record, and expand an asset-purchase fund followed efforts by the Swiss central bank to curb the franc's gains. The European Central Bank resumed bondpurchases and offered ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| India's Economy Can Withstand Global 'Negative Sentiments,' Mukherjee Says Bloomberg “We witnessed some recovery already and this is testimony to our capacity for resilience,” Mukherjee said, referring to the Indian stock, currency and bondmarkets. The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensitive Index, or Sensex, lost 387.31, or 2.2 percent, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Banks shares finish mixed while government paper rebounds Malta Independent Online The Malta Stock Exchange Index dropped a marginal 3 points, or less than 0.1 per cent on Friday, to close out the week at 3272.216 on light volume of 52573 sharesacross 25 deals. Banks shares finished mixed with stock of Lombard Bank plc adding 9c, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Stock market slammed; 512.76 loss largest since '08 Charleston Post Courier ... the Standard & Poor's economist, thinks the Fed might choose to exchangethe shorter-term bonds it purchased during QE2 for longer-term bonds, "creating even lower short-term interest rates than they already have." The Fed's benchmark federal funds ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gold Prices Lose Steam as Equities Regain Momentum TheStreet.com Investors were cheered by EU's ability to tackle debt issues and dumped gold forstocks. "I think the whole world was looking at the $1680 [level]," says Dave Kavanagh, CEO of Grant Park Fund, who thinks gold could sell off further in the short term. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| National Bank pays international bond bonuses Caspionet The National Savings Bank of Kazakhstan has written an official letter to the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange about the payment of the first coupon bonus on its international bonds. According to ATF Bank Research, the tourism contribution of the GDP of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Stock plunge shakes faith The Tennessean VOLATILE DAY: Three stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. The S&P 500 is down 11 percent since July 22. — Associated Press Don't panic: Don't lose sight of your investment goals and consider your time horizon. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The ETF advantage is no longer clear Toronto Star Within seconds, an exchange-traded fund sales rep will appear to challenge your decision. The long-running mutual fund industry vs. ETF industry debates began when the first ETF in the world was launched in Canada in 1989 by the TorontoStock Exchange. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Asia Central Banks Set to 'Stick It Out' With U.S. Treasuries San Francisco Chronicle 6 (Bloomberg) -- Asian investors are likely to retain their US Treasuries holdings for now after the American sovereign credit rating was lowered, with options limited by the region's foreign-exchange rate policies. South Korean officials added the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PH gov't on cautious mode as US loses AAA credit rating Inquirer.net The threat of a downgrade is likely already reflected in the plunge in stocks this week, said Harvey Neiman, a portfolio manager of the Neiman Large Cap ValueFund. “The market's already been shaken out,” Neiman said. “It knew it was coming. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World of Worry Barron's Emerging markets were down sharply as well, with the popular iShares MSCI EM Index exchange-traded fund (ticker: EEM) off 9.6% on the week with the iShares MSCI Brazil ETF (EWZ) plunging 11% and putting it into bear-market territory. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Financial Clearinghouses Watchful On US Downgrade Fallout NASDAQ Representatives for the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., which handles all USstock trades, and CME Group Inc. (CME), the world's largest futures exchangeoperator, had no immediate comment. CME late Friday did notify traders that increased levels of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Stocks Post Biggest Weekly Loss Since Crisis; S&P Downgrades the U.S. (AAPL... TradersHuddle.com The impressive quarterly results from MasterCard and its big stock jump, help liftshares of peer Visa (NYSE:V) as well. Visa rallied 4.69% to $87.48 as MasterCard's profit climbed 33% and revenues jumped 22% year over year. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Wall St. recovers after wild swings, global stocks dive Oman Tribune Sources close to the matter told Reuters the European Central Bank had demanded such measures in exchange for buying bonds to ease the pressure on Italy, which has come under market attack. There was no immediate reaction from the ECB but a European ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Is an annuity right for you? Well, probably not OregonLive.com Derek R. Lenington of Lenington Financial in Portland prefers to diversify retirement holdings across different assets: bonds, CDs, real estate and stock mutual funds. All noted retirees can accomplish the same task simply by setting up their own IRA... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Gold, bond prices up, Re weakens Times of India In the foreign exchange market, the rupee weakened against the US dollar, on fears that because of the slide in the stock market, foreign funds could trim their portfolio and take dollar out. The rupee opened at 44.75 to a dollar, fell to a five-week ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| India's Aurobindo Pharma posts 1Q loss MarketWatch The latest quarter was hurt by an exceptional charge related to overseas convertiblebonds. Sales for the April-June quarter rose 17% to INR10.77 billion from INR9.22 billion, the pharmaceutical company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| ECB'S Gonzalez-Paramo Says Spain Has a Lot to Do on Budget Bloomberg The ECB resumed its bond-buying program, without extending the purchases to those two countries. Umberto Bossi, leader of Italy's co-ruling Northern League party, said the ECB will start buying Italian bonds on Aug. 8, as part of anexchange for the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| As the World Churns, Traders Squirm Wall Street Journal Stock futures soared. Yet, with an hour to go before the New York Stock Exchange would open, Mr. Sperling decided not to trade. "I still think it'll be a whippy day," he said. "I don't want to jump the gun." Scott Redler, T3's chief strategic officer ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 20 things you need to know about the economic crisis Irish Independent The interest rate on Ireland's bailout loans has been slashed and Ireland's borrowing costs are being reduced because the ECB is buying our bonds, in the absence of other buyers. Also yesterday, despite all the plunging stock markets, Standard & Poor's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gold slips on reports of ECB deal to buy Italian, Spanish bonds The Australian However, reports the ECB reached a tentative deal to purchase Italian and Spanish debt in exchange for commitment to economic reforms eased market fears and pushed gold into negative territory. The most actively traded contract, for December delivery, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US gets historic credit rating clip Victoria Times Colonist By Walter Brandimarte, Reuters August 6, 2011 A foreign currency dealer at the Korea Exchange Bank shows his frustration as global markets continued their upheaval on Friday. The United States lost its top-notch AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| World stock markets slide further The Nation, Pakistan In highly volatile trading, Madrid and Milan rebounded for part of the day on rumours that that the European Central Bank was preparing to buy hard-hit Spanish and Italian bonds, before falling back. Madrid ended the day down 0.18 percent and dropped ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Weekly: Clean Harbors strengthens 0.2%, rising for a fourth consecutive week ... Waste Management World On July 31, 2009, the Company acquired Eveready Inc. [News Story] http://www. nasdaq. com/aspx/companynewsStoryPrint. aspxstoryid=201108030730bizwire_usprx____bw5317 Source: NASDAQ Stock Exchange [News Story] NORWELL, Mass. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sharp Fall on Market Reflects Wider Fears Jakarta Globe More than 10.3 billion shares valued at Rp 9.9 trillion ($1.2 billion) changed hands. Of the 332 stocks traded on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, only eight rose. Coal miners, palm oil producers and rubber plantation operators were the biggest losers... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Fearful investors exiting stocks and bonds alike The Associated Press Although the latest week's retreat from bond funds was surprising, the amount pulled out was far smaller than for two other fund categories, stock funds and money-market funds. As the market tumbled, investors withdrew about $7.5 billion from stock ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| RBS to axe 2000 jobs after tumbling £794m into the red Telegraph.co.uk RBS's share price collapsed in early trading this morning, losing nearly 20pc of their value and prompting the London Stock Exchange to automatically suspend trading in the shares for five minutes. The suspension came a day after trading in the shares ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| TSX tumbles 218 points as US jobs report fails to calm investors Winnipeg Free Press Italian and Spanish bonds have traded this week at levels that threaten the ability of those countries to raise money in the bond markets to pay off debt. The junior TSX Venture Exchange was off 41.84 points to 1811.49. It had been hoped that a decent ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| AP source: G-7 to discuss central bank action CBS News Stock trader Michael Pansegrau reacts at the German stock exchange in Frankfurt, central Germany, Friday, Aug. 5, 2011. Europe's debt crisis and fears over the US economy battered markets once again Friday, challenging vacationing European leaders to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Live Blog: Ratings, Jobs and Global Markets Turmoil Wall Street Journal (blog) A little more than half of the contracts traded were linked to exchange-tradedfunds, according to OCC, which handles all US stock options transactions. So-called SPY options, linked to the SPDR exchange-traded fund, were the single most actively ... See all stories on this topic » |
| Fearful Investors Exiting Stocks and Bonds Alike Although the latest week's retreat from bond funds was surprising, the amount pulled out was far smaller than for two other fund categories, stock funds and ... abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=14243138 |
| Bond ETFs That Soar When Stocks Sink Not gold, not inverse or leveraged funds, but in exchange-traded funds that invest as far out in the bond market as possible, collectively known as ... www.smartmoney.com/.../SB70001424053111903366504576... |
| Bogleheads :: View topic - Rebalancing question from noob I understand buying and selling shares within an IRA but am confused about the best way to ... In wife's Roth IRA, exchange bond funds for stock funds. ... www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=79699&mrr... |
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