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Market Action

August 19, 2016

HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …

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August 18, 2016

Hampton Creek, last discussed here on August 4 may have bought itself a world of trouble: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into whether a San Francisco-based food technology startup broke the law …

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August 17, 2016

HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …

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August 16, 2016

The Fed is attempting to keep uncertainty in the market, with Dudley making hawkish noises: “We’re edging closer towards the point in time where it will be appropriate, I think, to raise interest rates further,” …

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August 15, 2016

HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …

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Market Action

August 12, 2016

American preferreds are doing really well: A kind of buying panic has broken out. The iShares U.S. Preferred Stock exchange-traded fund, which seeks to track the market, has taken in $2.2 billion in new money …

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Market Action

August 11, 2016

I was very disappointed with Angus Reid’s poll regarding guaranteed income: The Angus Reid Institute described the guaranteed income idea to respondents as follows: Those who made less than the threshold through employment earnings would …

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Market Action

August 10, 2016

HIMIPref™ Preferred IndicesThese values reflect the December 2008 revision of the HIMIPref™ IndicesValues are provisional and are finalized monthly Index MeanCurrentYield(at bid) MedianYTW MedianAverageTradingValue MedianMod Dur(YTW) Issues Day’s Perf. Index Value Ratchet 0.00 % 0.00 …

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Market Action

August 9, 2016

Timing the bond market is a mug’s game: Analysts who spent the past year chasing the rally in Treasuries now risk getting caught flat-footed by a retreat. For the first time in 2016, the yield …

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