Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 3:21PM Last July Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel criticized Fed Chairman Bernanke for comments that appeared to be too unconcerned about the developing economic weakness. However, last week Bernanke's support for Quantitative Easing comforted the markets and earned Siegel's compliments. Click here for Siegel's one-page commentary.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 10:25AM Please click here to view BlackRock's investment commentary for the week beginning August 23, 2010.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 8:28AM The municipal debt market seems unconcerned about the prospect of California legislators' prolonged budget fight on how to close a $19 billion shortfall, potentially past election day in November. Instead, the market expects the biggest issuer of debt among U.S. states will pay interest on it even as budget talks stumble along. Click here to read the rest of this article by Jim Christie from Fox Business News on the state of California municipal bonds.
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 11:24AM As the markets enter the third quarter of 2010, virtually all pricing indicators for institutional quality, core real estate are signaling that, barring a double dip recession or some other major systemic disruption, price corrections in U.S. commercial real estate are largely over.
Principal Global recently published a paper detailing the state of the real estate market. Click here to read their informative article.
Friday, August 27, 2010 at 2:05PM Yields on bonds are continuing to fall, with some hitting all-time lows. Click here to read this week's Bond Buyer.