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If You Don’t Watch This Chart, You’re Going to Lose Money
The chart is of the long-bond yield. The "long bond" is the nickname for the 30-year Treasury bond.
As I wrote in my last essay, long-bond prices are plummeting right now. They have just broken down to new five-month lows… and the selling pressure is so strong, not even the Fed’s printing press can hold prices up.
When the long bond falls in price, its interest rate rises… The long bond’s yield was as low as 2.5% in December. It has now risen past 4%. This could be a huge problem for income investors
The long bond competes with other income investments for investor…
6May2009 | Stansberry and Associates | 1 comment | ContinuedIncome Investors: Dump GE & Buy This Safer Income Investment Instead
We’ve endured three consecutive weeks of losses for the S&P 500 (.INX). Never fun. But if you’re an income investor, ala Charles Dickens, the worst of times is creating the best of times…
Dividend yields now rest close to 15-year highs. Plus, the premiums from writing covered calls (the only safe options strategy) are significantly higher thanks to the extreme market volatility.
As far as I’m concerned, that’s an attractive one-two income-earning punch we shouldn’t ignore.
So how do we play it?
Not with the usual suspects…
Income Investors: GE Is A Dog at Any Price
There’s something about an adolescent stock price on General Electric…
2Feb2009 | Investment U | 0 comments | Continued
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