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Hedge funds make massive bets on gold
Are hedge funds ( hedge fund news) about to get snookered in the gold market? They are certainly not afraid to load up and hold. Gold is John Paulson's ( John Paulson news) largest single position. His firm's $3.4 billion stake in the SPDR Gold Trust "equates to a greater tonnage of the meta
PIMCO dumping Treasuries
Bill Gross ( Bill Gross news) is putting his money where his mouth is. He has predicted the end of the epic bond rally, and is now said to be furiously selling Treasury bonds. His chief worries apparently are a kick-up in inflation and a strong increase in interest rates. Article
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Treasury bubble building?
Obviously, there has been a massive flight to quality in the credit markets, as people fled to Treasury securities. The move has been so strong that some are now talking about a Treasury bubble. The question is, what happens if that bubble were to burst or even deflate quickly? Some think this mig
How much can customers take?
You can't blame the public--and politicians--for getting worked up about the previous bailout plan proposals. Taxpayers would have been on the hook for $700 billion. And while proponents of previous plans can argue that the ultimate beneficiaries are John and Jane Public, it feels more like a hand
Bank losses in perspective
So just how bad are banks getting hit? The Financial Times undertook an analysis of bank losses in relation to historical profits. Merrill Lynch really stands out. Since the credit crunch started last year, Merrill has posted after-tax losses of more than $14 billion. That amounts to about hal
Bill Miller says worst is over
Bill Miller , the esteemed Legg Mason Value Trust fund manager, has declared the "panic phase" of the credit crunch over, reports MarketWatch . For him, personally, it has been an ugly trial; the Value Trust fund's performance over the past two years says it all (Recall th
