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| 5/10/2013Market Performance |
| Municipal Bonds |
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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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Fed May Revise Zero-Rate Vow as Bond-Buying Need Fades |
Bloomberg - Dec. 12, 2011 - By Joshua Zumbrun
The Federal Reserve will probably revise its pledge to keep interest rates close to zero through mid-2013 as the need for large scale asset purchases diminishes, according to economists in a Bloomberg News survey.
The Fed will alter the interest rate commitment before June, according to 64 percent of economists surveyed, with 51 percent saying the central bank will abandon the option of a third round of buying bonds, or so-called QE3.
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and his policy-making colleagues plan to meet today to discuss the outlook for an economy that has strengthened since their November meeting, lowering the jobless rate to 8.6 percent from 9.1 percent. Altering the low- rate commitment would give central bankers the flexibility to adjust monetary policy without resorting to a third round of large-scale bond purchases, also known as quantitative easing.
“The base case is that QE3 probably will not unfold,” said Sam Bullard, senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina. “We’ve got some momentum here. The data that’s been coming in has been stronger than expected and prior months’ data have been revised up.”
Before the Fed’s November gathering, 69 percent of economists in a Bloomberg News survey said they believed the Fed would begin more purchases, as did 16 of the 21 primary dealers of U.S. government securities in a survey last month.
The Federal Open Market Committee is set to release a statement at around 2:15 p.m. Washington time, following its last scheduled meeting of the year.
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