Bonds Archive
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The Debt Ceiling – 25 Millions Away
I have been reading about international debt and the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) ever since I took a derivatives seminar. However, the United States is very close to the precipice because of their excessive borrowing and the increase in the nation’s debt. See, there is a fight in Congress about whether the [...] -
Interesting Stocks for September 1, 2010 – Finance Class Edition
We like the following two stocks as longs even though going long in this environment may be considered suicidal. CIB: Bancolombia S.A. (Bancolombia or the Bank) is a full-service financial institution that provides a range of banking products and services to a diversified individual and corporate customer base throughout Colombia, as well as in other [...] -
Top Free Stock Market Magazines
We love education and we are subscribed to multiple free stock market related magazines. They are full of interesting articles and stock trading methods. You should exploit these free resources for interesting ideas in the areas of technical analysis, futures/commodities, options, bonds, etfs, and equities. 1. Futures Magazine. This magazine has quickly become our favorite [...] -
The Themes of this Week: Bonds and Bears
Continuing the topic of this week we see that bonds and bear ETFs are trending higher. We are looking at the following stocks this morning: Short ETFs: SBB, SRS, TZA, EFU, TZA, SKK, BOM Bonds: Long term bond LWC Equities: ESI (educational). Note: Notice the nice bullish engulfing on the chart of ESI. An engulfing [...] -
Another Leg Down?
I got long signals on a bunch of short ETFs. We might be retesting the lows of last week. There is some volume acceleration on the short side. Tighten your stops. PS. I also got a signal to go long on 20-yr Treasury Bonds. (TLT)