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August 3, 2012
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MarketWatch – Investors win as ETF wars heat up The ETF wars are once again heating up to the benefit of everyday investors. BlackRock, the leader and pioneer of ETFs through its famous iShares products, is feeling the pressure of increased competition in the ETF space and is likely to lower their pricing. Comment Recently… Continue reading A Breakdown Of ETF Assets & Flows
[pageview class=”PDFViewer” url=”https://www.biancoresearch.com/bianco/wp-content/plugins/PDFViewer/plugin.php?id=86″] The Wall Street Journal – Wary Fed Is Poised to Act The Federal Reserve is heading toward launching a new round of stimulus to buck up the weak economy, but stopped short of doing so right away. The decision to make what amounted to a conditional promise of action came Wednesday at… Continue reading The FOMC Meeting
<Click on picture to view video> Comment Yesterday Jim Bianco discussed the economy and central bank policy with Charles Biderman of Trimtabs. To view the interview click on the image above. To view any of our recent interviews click here.
The Wall Street Journal – Electronic Trading Glitches Hit Market An electronic-trading glitch roiled trading in nearly 150 stocks early Wednesday, sparking confusion among traders and investors and further undermining confidence in the basic machinery of financial markets. As U.S. markets opened for the day, many stocks began to show unusual price moves and trading… Continue reading Yesterday Was A Perfect Example Why Retail Investors Have Left The Stock Market
The Wall Street Journal – AIG Pushing Plan for Independence American International Group Inc. is looking to buy back a large amount of its shares from the government, according to people familiar with the company’s thinking, in a push that could make the U.S. a minority shareholder by the fall and enable the insurer to… Continue reading AIG Wants To Buy More Shares Back From Taxpayers
MarketBeat (WSJ Blog) – Is Europe Looking for Backdoor Seniority on Spain? The world waits to see whether the euro zone will send its bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, into uncharted waters: Buying the government bonds of Spain. That’s risky business. Might euro-zone officials be trying to sidestep some of that risk? An… Continue reading Seniority On ECB Bond Purchases
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Charts of the Week Topics Covered This Week Include: The Dismal Earnings Season The Dismal Earnings Season – 2 Dividend-Paying Stocks Money Market Funds Market Cap As A Percentage of GDP Home Prices Eurozone Unemployment Reaches New Highs A Look At Spain Too Much Inflation For QE3? The Fiscal Cliff An Updated Look At The… Continue reading Charts of the Week
<Click on chart for larger image> The Financial Times – Congressional leaders reach budget deal “It will provide stability for the coming months,” Mr Reid said.The agreement also has the imprimatur of Barack Obama, whose spokesman said the president was “encouraged that both sides have agreed to resolve this issue without delay”. The budget deal… Continue reading Budget Deal Is Reached, Does Not Solve Fiscal Cliff Problem
The Wall Street Journal – Gauging the Triggers to Fed Action The Federal Reserve’s unconventional measures to boost the recovery in recent years have followed a pattern in benchmarks of the economy’s health. In months before past Fed action, private payroll growth worsened, the economy stalled or contracted and stocks weakened, depressing consumer and business… Continue reading Is More Action Required From The Federal Reserve?
Bloomberg.com – First All-Market Gain in Two Years Led by Drought, Draghi For the first time in more than two years, commodities, equities, bonds and the dollar posted a monthly gain, as the U.S. drought sent corn prices to a record and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s pledge to protect the euro buoyed stocks.… Continue reading All Assets Show A Gain In July