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To: TREND1 who wrote (6904)	1/17/2012 3:17:04 PM
From: Boca_PETE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10065

TREND1, On this past weekend's program, he was recommending a portfolio of LADDERED CD's for those who fear an imminent rise in interest rates. However, the FED has promised to keep interest rates near zero into 2013. While we've experienced recent hype that the economy is starting to improve and housing is in the process of finding a bottom, it's unclear to me this can be believed. The employment numbers don't seem to support anything but anemic growth if that. The compounding GNMA Fund in my IRA has done very well throughout this Secular Bear Market. I'm watching it like a hawk and monitoring the economy closely is case there's a need to switch. I guess it just depends upon one's tolerance for interest rate risk. JMHO, P

To: TREND1 who wrote (6904)	1/19/2012 1:36:51 PM
From: gronieel2	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10065

Step right up, guaranteed to return almost all of your money in just ten years.... Treasury sells $15 bln in 10-year TIPS at -0.046% SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Treasury Department sold $15 billion in 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities on Thursday at a yield of negative 0.046%. Bidders offered to buy 2.91 times the amount of TIPS sold while indirect bidders, a group that includes global central banks, bought 36.3%. Direct bidders, a class that includes domestic money managers, purchased another 13.4%. After the auction, the broader bond market remained unchanged. Yields on 10-year notes 10_YEAR +4.78% , which move inversely to prices, rose 8 basis points to 1.98%.