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A Bond for My IRA
Written By: David Neubert
2007-04-11 11:02:27

After begging you to open an IRA if you qualify, here is another place one could put that tax deferred cash. I'm picking up some TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) in next week's auction for my IRA.

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Bank Default Insurance Seems Meaningless
Written By: David Neubert
2008-04-01 12:32:36
Check out this list from Bespoke Investor of the cost of bank default insurance. The highest costs go to Lehman and Merrill and other American Banks while the lowest prices are European.

I think this is the result of the implied government guarantee that most investors believe is far stronger in Europe.

However, now that the global financial system is so strongly intertwined I don't think the world financial system could handle a default resulting in the liquidation of any bank on the list.

So does that mean all these banks' default insurance should be trading at government rates?

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Beware Principal Protected Notes
Written By: David Neubert
2008-09-29 10:12:43
Principal protected notes are a bit of a misnomer.
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Boring Bonds
Written By: David Neubert
2007-07-09 08:01:39
"If you hooked the U.S. Treasury market up to an electroencephalograph, you would see it flatlining."  My favorite quote today is from the Trader Daily website.

Yeah, I've been selling a few select stocks in the recent rally, but bonds have been painfully boring and, like a patient in the intensive care, you hope they stay that way because anything exciting means disaster.

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Cut My Short Bond Positions in Half this Week
Written By: David Neubert
2007-06-08 15:48:09
I cut my short 10-year note and long bond treasury futures positions in half this week. It seems we are at an emotional extreme around fears of a rate increase. This is about where we were last month with fears of a rate cut. I'm still buying the argument that we are in a trading range on the ten-year treasury yield from 4.7% to 5.25%. But if we do get a break out, it will be towards higher rates (lower bond prices). That's why I still have half my short position on.
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