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Steve Burns: Keeping up with inflation -- stocks vs. bonds
I was shocked to read that bonds have outperformed stocks over the past three decades. Since 1981, long-term Treasury bonds have gained 11.5 percent a year on average, beating the 10.8 percent average increase in the S&P 500. I am curious about your take on that. -- E.D., Austin, Texas
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Bonds vs. stocks return depends on start year
Question: My father is a wealthy man. He is totally risk averse. The only stocks he ever owned were the stock options he exercised at the company where he was an executive. When he retired as president of the company in 1989, he sold all his stocks. Since then he has kept his money in CDs and T-bills.
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Kenneth Petersen: Bonds vs. stocks in portfolio
Q: I am 60 and the asset allocation of my investments is 70 percent stock mutual funds and 30 percent bond mutual funds. I recently heard about the "Bogle Rule" that says I should keep the bond portion of my portfolio equal to my age.
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Kenya shilling pares loses vs dollar, stocks rise
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling reversed earlier loses to close flat against the dollar on Friday, aided by hard currency inflows from offshore investors buying government debt and banks squaring off positions, while stocks edged up. Traders said high yields on government paper were enticing foreign investors, leading to high subscription rates in recent auctions. "Clients end-month ...
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Daily US Opening News And Market Re-Cap: February 8
From RanSquawk Greek PM Papademos and party leaders to meet at 1300GMT, according to sources. Reports that the ECB are willing to exchange Greek bonds with the EFSF have prompted risk appetite. Market Re-Cap European stocks advanced today following reports that the ECB is said to be willing to exchange Greek bonds with EFSF. In addition to that, although a vast majority of officials remain ...
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Kenya shilling pares gains vs dollar, stocks steady
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's shilling pared early gains against the dollar on Tuesday as demand for dollars from importers partially offset tea sector inflows, while stocks edged up marginally. The central bank also offered some support for the shilling, which has been on a downward trend so far this year, when it mopped up 0.5 billion shillings in repurchase agreements at a weighted average rate ...
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Is Bubble Trouble Ahead for Dividend-Paying Stocks?
Most readers think the stocks are far from nosebleed territory, but selectivity is essential.
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Kenya shilling extend gains vs dollar, stocks inch up
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling gained for a fourth straight day on Wednesday on tea sector inflows and banks selling dollars, pushed by central bank's tightening of liquidity in the market, while the Nairobi bourse rose marginally on bank stocks. Keen to keep the currency from plunging against the dollar this year, the central bank took out 450 million shillings from the money market ...
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Kenya shilling firms vs dollar, stocks rise
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling firmed against the dollar on Friday after the central bank absorbed liquidity to prevent a steep fall in the local currency, while stocks edged lower on profit taking. The central bank took out 5.55 billion shillings in repurchase agreements at a weighted average interest rate of 17.623 percent for the 7 billion shillings it had offered. At the close of ...
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Scott Burns: Weighing benefits of U.S. I bonds vs. TIPS
Q: Are I Savings Bonds better to have than TIPS? They are paying me about 4.5 percent.
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