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Sep 8	Alternative Investments - A Primer Larry Stay September 8, 2006 Know More: Alternative Investments, Commodities, FAQ, REITs What are Alternative Investments you ask? The short definition is that they are any investment not includes in a traditional portfolio of Stocks, Bonds and Cash. Alternative Investments include Real Estate, Commodities, Hedge Funds, Alpha only funds, Currencies and others.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May10	Emerging Market Debt Larry Stay May 10, 2006 When institutional investors refer to Emerging Market Debt, they generally are speaking of debt from the 24 or 32 next largest economies after the OECD 10. It includes countries like Brazil and Mexico, Thailand, Korea and the Philippines, the Czech... Continue Reading Posted at 10:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 9	Mortgage Backed Securities Larry Stay May 9, 2006 Yesterday I wrote about zero coupon bonds. They are principle only bonds (PO). There is another class of bonds that have home mortgages as collateral for the bonds. These mortgage backed obligations (MBOs) are usually rated AAA although you can buy... Continue Reading Posted at 1:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 8	Zero Coupon Bonds Larry Stay May 8, 2006 In the bond world it is common to split the principle and interest payment streams. When you do this with a US Treasury Bond, they call it a Strip (the bond is stripped of its interest.) You end up with... Continue Reading Posted at 4:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr25	Financial Advisors - From Wall Street Journal Larry Stay April 25, 2006 There was an excellent article in the Wall Street Journal on April 24, 2006 by Karen Hube titled, "Alphabet Soup - Financial advisors are adding more titles to their business cards. Do any of these labels really matter?" I recommend... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar29	How do Interest Rates Affect Investments Larry Stay March 29, 2006 Yesterday, March 28th, the Fed raised the Fed Fund target rate one quarter of one percent (25 basis points) to 4.75%. This morning when I checked Fed Fund Futures the market had priced a 90% probability that the Fed would... Continue Reading Posted at 4:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
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