The new United Nation’s and Arab League’s Syrian peace negotiator, Lakhdar Brahimi, is making headlines on newspapers and on the Web for his attempts to negotiate a truce between the Syrian government and freedom fighters before the start of the Id al-Adha holiday that begins on October 25, 2012. He is holding talks with key […]
Month: October 2012
A case for dividend growth companies
Thanks to Federal Reserve’s latest attempt dubbed as QE3 (Quantitative Easing three), the low dividend paying companies may increase their dividend payments. According to Barron’s the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) which has a 4.1 percent yield only paid out 30 percent over the past two years. Companies are sitting […]
Effects of QE3 (Quantitative Easing three)
It has been more than a month since the introduction of QE3 by the Federal Reserve. It intends to purchase $40 billion of mortgaged-backed securities a month with an aim to boost employment and housing. Some expect the program to continue until the end of third quarter of 2013. Since QE3, the mortgage interest rate […]
Bond market is thriving even with low returns
Even with high unemployment and looming fiscal cliff, the U.S. stock market is steaming ahead. The just ended third quarter results prove this. The $3.9 trillion strong U.S. diversified-stock funds that contain 7,857 funds gained 5.29 percent in the third quarter and 25.5 percent gain for the last 12-month period. Meanwhile the bond funds gained […]