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'Safer' Short-Term Bond Funds See Outflows http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324260204578583940044088834.html
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bought little of mbia bond cusip 55262cad2 ytm 6.6% and alcoa [AA] bond 6.2% YTM. still thinking about gold but boss at work says it may not be the time yet ...
yield shares launch high income etf
http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/102657/yieldshares-launches-new-high-income-etf
http://investorplace.com/2013/06/the-best-and-worst-mutual-funds-at-2013s-midway-point/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/you…
rubber duck investing
http://blogs.barrons.com/penta/2013/06/21/rubber-duck-investing/
bond bull is not dead yet
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/bond-bull-market-isn-t-dead-yet-longtime-154842420.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busi…
interesting piece by Holmes
http://www.usfunds.com/media/files/pdfs/investor-alert/_2013/2013-06-14/Investor-Alert-06-14-2013.pdf?utm_source=SubscriberMail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IA-06142013&utm_term=Download PDF Versi…
the million dollar illusion
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/your-money/why-many-retirees-could-outlive-a-1-million-nest-egg.html
probably best if buy bunch of gold and hide in the backyard
also what's eating your munis
https://www.google.com/#out…
Thank you Old-Joe for the NYT reads
we've diligently check our account activities every month. We don't have any checking account with zions, only investment account to buy funds. They only things they've w/drew from our account are transaction fe…
should you still bet on the bond king?
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2013/06/06/Bill-Gross-Should-You-Still-Bet-on-the-Bond-King.aspx#page1
market oracle market news
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article40759.html
still 80/20 in 401K distributions.
bought little alcoa bond - mature 2037 recently, 6.2% YTM is hard to beat [@ zions direct bonddesk]. Alcoa is a diverse company and I don't think they'll go under.
don't know what to buy next but reading this th…
hello Skeeter
I did Not much scale much back. you get dirt yield for CDs/MMs. May need to go to junk bonds ETFs. I may buy more gold - cant really decide yet. The guys at work whom we've discuss with still sitting w/ some cash on the sidelines.
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thank you folks but I cannot take all the credits, MJG was the person kind enough to post this link I believe in 2008 and that's how I've signed up...
regards
tax free munis pay more than corp junks
http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2013/05/20/tax-free-munis-paying-more-than-taxable-corporate-junk/
best time for investors?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324767004578484913679967772.html
good morning - Ted is probably at a golf course somewhere in Fla. He did mentioned or posted previously an article 'sell in May and go away'. So I suspect he is hibernating until the weather gets colder in Fall/Winter. he is a MF guru indeed
Thinking about CEF but has not pull the trigger yet. Maybe adding a little gold also [GLD ?!] - still being 'chicken out' now. Either that or buy some safe stuff like BOA bonds and let it sit there for 7-10 yrs - BBB+ and w/ 7% yield, cannot bea…
Hi Catch - in terms of bonds. I would trust Gunlach, Gross more than I trust Warren Buffett. I do believe you need 'put your money in all buckets' mentalities to reap the rewards of the markets. I do believe long term bonds may have problems if r…
