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To: DD™ who wrote (5678)	10/6/2010 8:18:37 PM
From: Investor2	3 Recommendations Respond to of 10065

From yahoo.com, "The yield on the two-year Treasury note touched a record low 0.38 percent, and the yield on the 10-year note fell to 2.39 percent. The 10-year yield touched its lowest level since January 2009 when the country was mired in a recession." It looks as if my maturing CDs will not fetch much interest. Best wishes, I2

To: DD™ who wrote (5678)	10/6/2010 10:01:00 PM
From: Investor2	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10065

This is cute: "The call for this week: There is another reason the markets may continue to rally, Congress is set to adjourn. Remember, “No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while Congress sits.” That old “saw” is particularly poignant this year as Congress passed a 2,100-page financial reform bill that didn’t address the two serial financial offenders – Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Next was the 2,700-page healthcare bill, which nobody read, that didn’t cover healthcare’s biggest cost – frivolous law suits (read: tort reform). Speaking of not reading, the Senate has passed a bill with no title. H.R. 1586 sailed through the Senate with the title “The ______ Act of ______” – oops!" Best wishes, I2