May 16th Recap.
May 16, 2011 by Pete Mitchell
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“Adventure is hardship aesthetically considered.” – Barry Targan Monday, May 9, 2011 Moody’s reported that the global speculative-grade default rate stood at 2.3% in April, down from 2.6% in March, according to Creditflux.com. The rate was 9.0% a year ago. Moody’s is now forecasting a default rate of 1.5% for December 2011. The U.S. speculative-grade [...]
May 9th, 2011 – Where we stand.
May 9, 2011 by Pete Mitchell
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“The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves.” – George Bernard Shaw Monday, May 2, 2011 In April, the dividend-payers (386) in the S&P 500 (equal weight) posted a total return of 3.21%, vs. 2.84% for the non-payers (114), according to Standard & Poor’s. Y-T-D through April, the payers [...]
