One of the more perverse features of the bailout/ rescue/ stimulus plan is the fact that ultra-low rates are doing a great deal of damage to senior citizens and those who have been saving responsibly and coninue to attempt to do so.
Bill Gross
Droppin' Knowledge: Pimco Poetry
Pimco’s Bill Gross channels The Bard in his monthly missive, but also makes some interesting points on the current state of the markets. Here’s his intro: A cold wind from the future blows into my nighttime bedroom, more often than not during those midnight hours when fear dominates and hope retreats to a netherworld. This…
About That Public-Private Fund For Retail Investors…
Disclaimer: My commentary below is strictly a relaying of publicly-available news from major publications. I have absolutely no interest in being responsible for anyone’s investments who reads this website without doing their own homework. OK, I had to satiate the gods of regulation. Now that it’s just us adults, I thought I’d discuss yesterday’s news…
Droppin' Knowledge: Bill Gross on the Aftermath of Engorgement
PIMCO’s Bill Gross has his July commentary up on the web and his perspective is, as always, no-nonsense and interesting. He begins by graphically describing the circumstances that led to the obesity-related death of a baseball umpire as his set up: “Kill the umpire,” the fan cried to open the 1996 baseball season in Cincinnati, and…
