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...dollar's decline is dangerous. "It is extremely negative from the perspective of U.S. stock and bond markets because we rely heavily on foreign investors," says money manager Mark Lay of MDL Capital Management, based in Pittsburgh, Pa. "The weak dollar discourages foreigners from investing in our markets. And that could have a catastrophic effect." Foreigners hold about 12% of the U.S. stock market, 23% of corporate bonds, and 44% of the Treasury market. That's more than $7.3 trillion of U.S. assets, equal to 73% of America's gross domestic product, according to researchers at Bridgewater Associates, a global...
...four months in prison after a teenage brawl in a bowling alley (the conviction was later reversed due to insufficient evidence). His first few years in the league, he was openly insubordinate and in poor condition. But he's come around. This year Iverson forged a genuine bond with the 76ers brilliant, exacting coach Larry Brown and decided to become a team leader, a role he used to think was corny. He has also publicly expressed a desire to overcome what he's described as an inbuilt mistrust of authority...
...TIPS Inflation-protected Treasury Securities (TIPS) introduced four years ago were supposed to safeguard a Treasury-bond holder against inflation, which they did, and cut the Treasury's cost of financing, which they didn't. TIPS bonds have a lower interest rate than conventional Treasuries, but TIPS principal is adjusted annually for inflation. Interest is then paid on the higher principal amount. Result: TIPS gained 8.5% a year in the past three years, trouncing the 6.8% return of regular Treasuries. A committee advising the Treasury says TIPS investors got $1.5 billion more than under traditional bonds and recommends ending this...
...even if Greenspan moves aggressively, it may not work. His seven cuts in eight months so far have not packed the needed firepower to reverse this torturous slowdown. Indeed, the folks who listen to Greenspan most carefully--those in the Treasury-bond pits--are starting to give up on a Greenspan solution. In a sign that they expect economic weakness to persist, last week traders shoved long-term bond yields close to a 2 1/2-year...
Perversely, the bond market's lack of faith in a recovery might just save the day because long-term rates, which bond traders collectively set, carry the most juice. As long rates fall, so do mortgage rates, giving homeowners the chance to refinance and save a bundle every month. Such savings typically get spent, and far outweigh the effects of tax cuts or any other direct step the President might take...