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Fed Credit: The Latest and Perhaps Next-To-Last Bubble

So how will the world react when this latest bubble bursts? At some point, investors looking to preserve the value of their wealth will realize that [...] read more »
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5 ETFs That Can Help Balance Your Portfolio

If you're looking to add some dimension to your portfolio, ETFs can offer a way to diversify. We like diversity in our stocks, so why not add some d[...] read more »
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Government announces new loan programs

The government, still struggling to manage a severe financial crisis, unveiled two new programs Tuesday that will provide $800 billion to try to help[...] read more »
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McCain Touts eBay's Whitman as Treasury Secretary During Debate

Only ten minutes into the US Presidential debates Tuesday evening, Republican candidate John McCain mentioned former eBay CEO Meg Whitman. Moderator [...] read more »
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Bank Rates Behave Like US Treasuries, With Some Important Exceptions

At first glance, bank rates and Treasury yields might seem like comparing apples and oranges: Treasuries are freely traded, typically in very large a[...] read more »
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Treasury's Standardized Terms

The details of Treasury's recapitalization plan are out, and it's more or less what I expected, but with a lower coupon. In fact it looks very much[...] read more »
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FOMC Pulls Out the Stops - Part A

The FOMC made an unorthodox move Wednesday saying it will spend $300 billion to buy treasuries and another $750 billion for largely mortgage securiti[...] read more »
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I-Bond rate at 0% but don't panic or redeem just yet - It's Only Money

Be careful. Not all I-Bonds are returning 0% just yet. And if you redeem them too early, you'll miss out on some great returns and needlessly penali[...] read more »
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How To Find $288 Billion in Hidden Gold, Just Ask The Treasury

he Treasury marks the value of its gold at $42 an ounce, the price settled on in 1973, two years after the United States scrapped the Bretton Woods S[...] read more »
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FOMC Pulls Out the Stops - Part B

Some Investment strategies to help weather the storm even in an inflationary environment. The FOMC is flooding the market with capital and the poten[...] read more »
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Treasury overspends its $350b TARP ln bailout allotment

WSJ reports the Treasury Department has committed nearly $10 billion more than the $350 billion Congress has authorized to date for the financial-sec[...] read more »
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The TARP Email Trail: AIG And Citi Execs Clueless And Arrogant

Fox Business News has obtained a much-redacted 10,096 pages of Treasury Department documents on the bank bailout. Government officials respond with a[...] read more »
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Some Banks May Tell U.S. to Keep Bailout Cash

The American Bankers Association complained on Thursday that bankers around the country were “extremely upset” about how the Treasury Department was [...] read more »
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Geithner's Problem is Not Taxes, but Does it Matter?

While Timothy Geithner’s tax issues are troubling, the real issue is not what he was doing when he was filing with the IRS, but what he was doing whe[...] read more »
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Obama Tax Panel on Treasure Hunt

New task force will make suggestions on how to close the $300 billion tax gap. The administration said this week it will form a task force to propose[...] read more »
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