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America’s shale boom is providing an unintended benefit to U.S. government bonds. With the U.S. economy relying less on oil and gas imports than at any time in two decades, energy expenses for Americans have fallen and cut into inflation more...

Guest Post by Contributing Editor, David Kotok, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer, Cumberland Advisors. How do we avoid walking into a “left hook” in the markets? That was the discussion this week during a client review. “Can’t you see them coming...

Global stocks tumbled Monday after Greece closed its banks and limited the amount of money citizens can withdraw from them after bailout talks with its creditors broke down over the weekend. The Greek drama has been unfolding for many months (if not...

A country accounting for less than 0.4% of the world economy is again rattling those responsible for three-quarters of it. Greece topped the list of worries for Group of 20 finance chiefs as they started talks in Istanbul on Monday with calls for the...

Joy Wilbermuth of Reuters reports, Hedge funds hit by RMBS margin calls: Several hedge funds have received margin calls in recent days on their holdings of risk-sharing RMBS bonds from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, market sources told IFR. The sources...