LPL Financial Market

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  Invasion of the Yield Chasers! Even PIMCO Joins Horde

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2013

  Considering the frustratingly low yields in risky junk bonds and a moderately steep Treasury yield curve, where do opportunities lie for fixed-income investors?

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  Buffett’s $8 Billion Trade Isn’t a Bet Against Munis: LPL’s Valeri

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 29, 2012

  Warren Buffett’s sale of $8 billion in muni derivatives was a profitable trade, not a comment on the value of the muni market, says the LPL market strategist.

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  Recession Priced Into Treasuries, as Yields Near Historic Lows

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  August 22, 2011

  Investors’ flight to safety into U.S. Treasuries (despite the recent S&P downgrade) has driven yields toward historic lows and has market participants pricing in a recession, say market watchers such as Brent Burns of Asset Dedication.

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  Business Leaders Resigned to U.S. Debt Downgrade but Say Default Unlikely

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  July 28, 2011

  The business community is battening down the hatches for a U.S. debt rating downgrade—and they’re not happy about damage that the oncoming economic storm will wreak on investors.