When Investing in T-Bills, Be Prepared for Custody Risk

Employment, Interest, And Money submits:

If the policy inside the Kerry-Lieberman-Graham climate change bill seem to have finally come together, it looks like the politics are about to come apart.

By Kraken:Mortgage REITs are typically known for issuing preferred shares as a way of raising capital and using it to purchase MBSs. Investors in mREITs and mREIT common shares need to understand how cost of capital works in many of these cases. It's important that investors understand that the interest rate on preferreds is basically the company's cost of capital. It's the cost of having those funds available to the company.

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Graham Summers submits: Due to the overwhelming number of emails I received in response to yesterday’s article detailing the derivatives market, I’ve decided to write a follow up article focusing on the implications of this $200+ trillion behemoth on the rest of the financial markets

Graham Summers submits: The financial world is beginning to break down in a big way today. In the currency markets, the second Greek bailout is turning out to be precisely the dud I said it would. After all, it was only one year ago that Greece received its first bailout. Having now asked for extensions on returning those funds AND a second bailout, it’s bizarre that anyone would think giving more money to Greece would fix its problems.

Dividend Growth Investor submits:Yields on fixed income instruments have been in a decline over the past 30 years. While yields on long term obligations were in the mid to high teens in the early 1980’s due to higher inflation, they have come down quite a bit in the early 2010’s to some of the lowest levels in US history. As a result, certain cash deposits such as Certificates of Deposits or Treasury Bills yield less than half a percent.