Worst performance in nearly 25 years, as prices plunge; the good news: yields are soaring
Investment guru says long bonds from Uncle Sam the kiss of death
China's long on demand but short on supply of several key industrial metals. That's one reason analysts are picking silver -- not gold -- as the best commodities bet in 2011.
The financial formula in Illinois: Take in $2, spend $3, borrow the difference at exorbitant rates. No wonder Pimco's Bill Gross and other muni bond experts say the state is facing the 'fiscal abyss.'
Withdrawals at fever pitch, highest in two years
Investors continue to flee the bond market in droves. Meanwhile, Bill Gross, Pimco's legendary bond guru, keeps plowing prodigious amounts of his own money into debt funds.
Prices dropping amid year-end blitz of offerings; buying individual bonds — not bond funds — the wisest course, say money managers
Yields hit four-month high in face of rising unemployment, dour forecasts; shrinking supply seen in 2011
Harvard may be hard as heck to get in to, but McDonald's Hamburger University accepts less than 1% of applicants; Hamburglar as study buddy?
Issue of 30-year notes a big hit; hiked reward for standing out on the yield curve
