6 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Fed Could Have Bought California & Texas… or All of China & Japan’s Treasuries With QE Money
The Fed Could Have Bought California & Texas… or All of China & Japan’s Treasuries With QE Money
The Federal Reserve has spent over $3.2 trillion in the post-Crisis era.
The bulk of this money printing has gone towards buying garbage mortgage securities or US Treasuries from Wall Street.
Because we’ve reached a point in time at which $1 trillion no longer sounds like a lot of money, we thought we’d go through the exercise of assessing just what the Fed could have done with this money besides give it to Wall Street.
With $3.2 trillion, the Fed could have:
6 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Making $400,000 Per Hour, The Best Paid Hedge Fund Manager In 2013 Was…
Making $400,000 Per Hour, The Best Paid Hedge Fund Manager In 2013 Was…
When it comes to returns, 2013 will be best remembered as the fifth consecutive year in which the S&P 500, lead by Chief Risk Officer and Portfolio Manager Ben Bernanke (replaced by Janet Yellen in 2014 following a bumper 30%+ year), outperformed over 90% of all hedge funds, which as the recent beta blow up has shown, have virtually no original “alpha” ideas, and all merely piggyback on the same high beta “greater fool”, hedge fund hotel trades and/or lever on beta as much as their Prime Broker will allow them (in many cases quite a lot).
6 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on NewsWatch: U.S. economy probably shrank in the first quarter
NewsWatch: U.S. economy probably shrank in the first quarter
The U.S.
6 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stocks Extend Losses; AerCap Hits High On Earnings
Stocks Extend Losses; AerCap Hits High On Earnings
Stocks were trading near session lows about two hours into Tuesday’s session. The Nasdaq and Dow Jones industrial average each fell 0.5% while the S&P 500 gave up 0.4%. NYSE and Nasdaq volume was tracking 5% higher than Monday’s light levels. In the stock market today, chip designer Avago Technologies (AVGO) gained 4% on news late Monday it’s being added to the S&P 500. It’s replacing LSI Logic, a company it recently acquired.
6 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Europe Markets: European stocks fall as OECD calls for ECB action
Europe Markets: European stocks fall as OECD calls for ECB action
European stock markets drop on Tuesday after the OECD calls on the European Central Bank to cut interest rates immediately to fight low inflation, while UBS and PostNL rise on solid earnings results.
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6 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Home buyers want new, but won’t pay for it
Home buyers want new, but won’t pay for it
Just 46% of the people who strongly prefer a new home are willing to pay the 20% premium that new homes cost, says a new survey from Trulia.
6 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on All dividends are not created equal: 3 to buy, 1 to avoid
All dividends are not created equal: 3 to buy, 1 to avoid
Not all dividend stocks are created equal. Dani Hughes of Divine Capital has three to buy and one to avoid.