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Bond Dealers Who Publish Price and Markups for Bonds?
As I learn about bonds one thing is becoming obvious: the price transparency and low transaction costs that we take for granted with stocks simply do not exist with bonds. When you examine a statement...
 
Sad DJIA statistic
Yesterday, I extrapolated a trend line to present day based on 1983-1995 DJIA daily prices. At the present average rate of decline, we are just 5 days away from hitting or dropping below that trend...
 
Question about 2008 rollover from 401(k) to IRA
I have been looking for similar rollover/conversion guidelines for 2008. I decided to do the conversion (it is dated either 10/9 or 10/10 depending on when paperwork is received- I sent it Tuesday)....
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Is this as bad as the 1970s?
I remember the investment environment of the 70s as being a dismal place to be. It was like a rainy period that just seemed to go on forever. An awful lot of folks who had thought of themselves as...
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recs on financial handbook
i'm looking to by a book with financial definitions, perhaps something less generic and more informative then a financial dictionary. i'm re- reading a benjamin graham book and i need a reference to...
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What else do you think the authorities can do?
Fed announced it would buy commercial paper. This essentially means that it will lend to non-financial companies directly in order to save the real economy, (i.e. by-pass the banks who may just simply...
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Any Brokers Allow Limit Orders on Bond Trades?
Are there any (large and very financially sound) brokers who allow customers to place limit orders on their bond trades? Some of the corporate debt is so illiquid that you get one trade every few...
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Where to View Freddie Mac Trades?
Where can I view the last few months of Freddie Mac bond trades? A sample CUSIP is 3133F0VP1. doesn't show that as a valid CUSIP. Online brokers see it, but they are issuing quotes on it from their...
 
Speculators
One of the financial experts interviewed on CNBC this morning indicated that he thought the speculators are the ones more responsible for moving out of the market than are individual investors. If...
 
FDIC limits and credit unions
I know credit unions are not covered under FDIC, they are covered under NCUA. With the new, temporary increase in FDIC insurance limits, what about NCUA insurance limits?...
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Need Help Identifying Freddie Mac CUSIP
I need help identifying the correct CUSIP for a pair of Freddie Mac bonds. I thought this would be trivial but two online brokers could not do it, and the web site was not a whole lot of help either....
 
How to Interpret Investinginbonds.com Reported Yield on Bond Trades?
The web site allows you to see a history of trades for specific bonds. Here is two lines of a typical report, reformatted to make it readable here: Time of Trade: 10/02/2008 16:31:17 Price Paid:...
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Should I care when CDs pay interest?
Assuming that I intend to hold a CD until it matures (barring bank failure), is there any reason for me to care when a CD pays interest? For example, consider a 1-yr CD "A" that pays 3% APY at...
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What's up with Wachovia Sec?
My mother has investments held at Wachovia Securities. It is unclear what might happen with those if the Wells Fargo deal goes forward. The Citicorp deal was just for Wachovia Bank. But I believe the...
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Sirius XM Radio Bonds
Given that Sirius XM Radio (SIRI) may have trouble paying back the face value of the bonds due in 2009, I'm wondering why they are not trading at distressed prices already. Instead, what I see is that...
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