Bonds Will Turn Around in 2012
Our bold prediction that US bond investors will see losses in 2012 has still yet to bear out. Last year we shied away from such a bold prediction because it’s so hard to guess when this 30 year bull market will turn. But turn it most certainly will….the question is when? With 10 year Treasury […]
Europe to Bring Down the World Economy?
The European Debt Crises is front and center of all the world’s man y economic problems. On Wednesday, we discussed the potential directions their untenable situation could go. Today, we’ll take a wild guess at what exactly is going to happen. Keep in mind, this is a guess. And the guess we’re going to make […]
The US Economy Teetering
The US economy is suffering one bit of bad news after another. Today we look at one bright side of the markets as well as plenty of items for concern. This video explains what’s going on and where the economy will go next. We’re continuing a series of videos which can be found here. Today, […]
The Deflation Protection Portfolio
Deflation Protection and other Asset Allocation Examples There is no end to the possibilities of asset allocation. We are going to list several examples of asset allocation here over the next couple weeks because it seems like a good way to understand the mindset in creating each allocation. We’re going to look at this mostly […]
How Do Falling Interest Rates Affect Bonds?
Falling Interest Rates are much more exciting for someone who owns bonds. We looked at the affects of rising interest rates recently and now we’ll examine the opposite scenario. This scenario would work to your benefit as the holder of the original bond. If you own the same bond we mentioned previously with a $1000 […]
Hyperinflation & the US Dollar Update Video
Hyperinflation to the US Dollar is a serious threat in the coming months and years. This economic outlook video looks into factors which could affect your life. This series of videos began here. In this hyperinflation update video, we start out with the very scary statement by the Treasury Secretary that we will not devalued […]
How Much Do Bonds Suffer When Interest Rates Rise?
Bond pricing is important to understand when interest rates are rising. We’ll continue our discussion by focusing today on rising rates and then moving to falling rates…
Pricing Bonds for Profit
It’s important that you understand how bonds are priced if you’re considering owning one or more of them. In its purest form, the way a bond works is simple to understand. However, most people never own a bond in this way, so it becomes important that you understand how they are actually priced in the […]
Foreign Bonds & Emerging Market Bonds
Foreign Bonds or Emerging Market Bonds, which is better? The United States is obviously not the only country which issues bonds. You can buy foreign bonds issued by other industrial power governments as well as foreign corporations. As mentioned previously, you have currency risk when you go outside the US Dollar with your investments, but […]
Types of Bonds
What types of bonds can you invest in and how are they different? As we’ve been alluding, there are many types of bonds, including: municipal, US government, foreign government, corporate, mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities, and agency bonds. Preferred Stocks are also very similar to bonds and in fact are much more similar to what we’re […]