Downward slope => bonds outperforming stocks. That has generally been the case the past decade other than from 2003-2007 and recently.

Quoted: Although stocks have historically outperformed bonds, that hasn't been the case in recent years. Bonds haven't been just less volatile, they've been more profitable over the last ten years.

Quoted: Here’s a fascinating look at corporate bond yields over the past 90 years. I got the data off the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ data bank. This chart shows the yields of Moody’s index of Aaa and Baa seasoned corporate bond yields.

Quoted: Spreads reflect the relative risks of the bonds being compared. The higher the spread, the higher the risk usually is.

Quoted: Personal finance that makes cents.

Quoted: You followed all the rules and put together a diversified investment portfolio. But it still went down along with the rest of the market. What went wrong?

Quoted: Personal finance that makes cents.

Quoted: The essays comprising this book, selected mostly from Warren Buffett’s letters to the shareholders of Berkshire, provide a guide to fundamental business analysis and an approach to wise investing. A central point that Buffett makes is that good investors, rather than focusing on the market, should identify good businesses, attempt to buy them at good prices, and hold them for the long term. Buffett has done just this in his management of Berkshire.

Quoted: "Thank god Friedman isn't heading up TARP. While we can debate whether the auto industry is worth saving, one thing that venture doesn't need is an extra $20 billion to 'invest.' Access to capital is not the issue. What we need are entrepreneurs working on breakthrough technologies (not 'financial engineering') that will transform existing industries and create brand new ones that did not heretofore exist.