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...going to be a rocky time for stocks, how about bonds? Government bonds have a certain allure because they're super-safe. Then again, the yield is very low. For anybody that doesn't want to take on the risk in equities but also doesn't want to be in low-yielding government bonds, there is an alternative. Investment-grade corporate fixed-income securities, I think, are going to be a very good place to be, and arguably will be tops in total return for the next several years...
...caveats, the hum of the machay will grow louder in Pakistani skies this summer. The arrival of more U.S. troops in Afghanistan will make it all the more important to deprive al-Qaeda and the Taliban of their safe haven in Pakistan. Obama is widely expected to authorize a broadening of the drone attack to include the southwestern Pakistani province of Baluchistan and its capital, Quetta, where the Taliban high command is thought to be hiding...
...long term, the Pakistani frontier can be safe only when the tribes are more favorably disposed toward the U.S. and the Pakistani government than toward the militants. The U.S. hopes that can be achieved by supplementing the drones with development aid, much of it earmarked for the tribal areas. But can that money start working its magic before the resentments roused by the drone campaign metastasize into an irreversible jihad? On that question of timing may hinge the success or failure of a modern war fought in an ancient environment...
...debased as a result of America's rising deficits. Indeed, a question Geithner heard from a bright young Peking University student is the same one he'll hear on Tuesday, when he is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao: How safe are Chinese investments in U.S. Treasury debt...
...Very safe," Geithner quickly reassured the student questioner, as the audience laughed. Despite the surge in spending to deal with the financial crisis, the Obama Administration is committed to getting the fiscal deficit back down to a level that "is sustainable over the medium term," Geithner said...