John Jansen submits:
Prices of Treasury coupon securities are closing the day with bifurcated results. The yield on the 2 year note has edged higher by 2 basis points to 0.83 percent. The yield on the 3 year note edged higher by 2 basis points also to 1.18 percent. The 5 year was the superstar [...]

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FP Trading Desk submits:
Investors must arm themselves as they prepare to battle the bear in 2009 with economists forecasting a synchronized global recession.
While developed economies may flirt with outright deflation, Citigroup’s equity strategy team expects it will be avoided. However, the global earnings downturn is only a quarter of the way into its forecast [...]

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Christopher Holt submits:
The debate over short selling often pits traditional “long-only” managers against the upstart alternatives: hedge funds. But as this report in yesterday’s FT points out, the lines between “traditional” and “alternative” are blurring quickly. The Alternative Investment Management Association ((AIMA)) has been an ardent defender of the hedge fund industry [...]

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Investment U submits:
According to Bernstein Research, the IPO market for the next year (or two) is going to be about as successful as the Detroit Lions - in other words, not great.
But the IPO market might start picking up sooner than they think. With the amount of money sloshing around in Treasuries driving returns [...]

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Kathy Lien submits:
The US dollar is selling off aggressively ahead of Friday’s non-farm payrolls report on the fear that for the second month in a row, job losses may have topped 500k. The recent moves in the currency and equity markets suggest that everyone expects a very weak labor market report. Although the consensus [...]

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