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U.S. Treasury Bond Yields Looking to Head Higher
U.S. Treasury bond yields are going higher – much higher. And that’s even before we factor in the likely effects of rising inflation, which we haven’t seen yet, but can certainly anticipate.
Throughout the news media, commentators are noticing new “green shoots” – early signs of a recovery in the U.S. economy, or at least preliminary evidence that this nasty recession may be bottoming out. This is probably still a little premature, although the evidence that the recession’s downward slope has eased is overwhelming enough to have fueled a two-month rally in stock prices.
That stock-market rally is probably premature, too; in…
7May2009 | Money Morning | 0 comments | ContinuedInsights on Income: Magnify Your Returns With Investments in Foreign Currencies
In a recent column, I suggested that investors seeking income (which means most of us aged 55 or older) could do better in foreign stocks than in domestic shares, especially since options-obsessed corporate managers have slashed U.S. dividend payouts in order to protect their yearly bonuses.
In this column we’re going to explore income alternatives available from short-term investments in foreign currencies, a strategy that capitalizes on both the general sogginess of the dollar and the higher yields available from some markets abroad.
Investments in short-term foreign-currency assets can potentially offer much better returns than U.S. investments for income investors, for the following reasons:
-The United…
1Aug2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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