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My apologies...
No... I hadn't considered nor did I know the distance to the next in-state franchise...
I guess I've just always thought of it in terms of statewide options on teams to support rather than in terms of distance and having more convenient traveling for the fans of a team... I now feel a little less jealous of the states with multiple franchises looking from that perspective (though I still believe the Lakers and Clippers both being in LA is rediculous)
Last edited by J7F; 01-09-2013 at 08:47 PM.
Nothing in life worth having comes easy.
A couple of observations.
Must be really painful for fans that grew up supporting one team, watching them leave their city cause it's a 'franchise' and move to another one. I know things over there work differently than in Europe etc and there is a different mentality but what I mean is wouldn't it be better if there wasn't the 'franchise' tag on the teams in the first place? The teams should live forever in one city and that's all. Knock on wood, I cringe at the thought what you will have to go through if the Pacers ever moved away from Indiana.
Second, I don't live there so I need you to explain to me the psychology behind it. How can for example the Sacto fans ever support a different team other than the Sacramento Kings now that they're leaving? I mean i know there are teams close to them or in the same state, but how is it possible to say "Oh I will support Golden State now or the Lakers"? I mean can you imagine a Pacers fan, in case the unthinkable happened, saying "I'll be rooting for the Bulls now"?
But apparently the deal isn't quite as done as was first reported.
In reality if the Pacers left Indy I would probably just be a fan of wherever they landed...
Nothing in life worth having comes easy.
How far is it from Kansas City to Sacto?
I understand it sucks, but you can still root for them at least and will have 2 chances to see them live still with a drive that's reasonable-ish. KC lost the kings with jack squat in their region afterward. Even now OKC is the closest thing they have to a home team 30 years later.
Kevin Johnson, mayor of Sacramento and yes the former NBA player if you didnt know, is currently in talks with several people/groups about buying the Kings and keeping them here. Apparently the co-owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins has been interested. There was a good amount of talk about different people buying the Kings when the Anaheim rumors were swirling, but the Maloofs weren't selling then, as they are rumored to be now. If Sacramento has some options on the table, i dont know how Stern and the NBA could let the Kings move elsewhere after they way they handled the New Orleans sale, making it their priority to keep them in New Orleans.
I'm glad you said it and not me. I probably wouldn't have just stopped at "dumb." I live in the Bay Area, and can say with certainty that we don't associate with SoCal AT ALL, especially when it comes to sports teams. It's just an ignorant statement.
This is like the pacers moving and me telling you "that's okay, you still have the bulls."
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
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I think it would be worse for Sacramento to lose the Kings than when Seattle lost the Sonics. Sacramento loves the Kings and it would be awful for their city to lose them
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Seattle didn't love the Sonics? How can you quantify fans' love for a team over another?
Last edited by J7F; 01-10-2013 at 11:19 AM.
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We're not dead yet, nor are the SACRAMENTO Kings.
I don't think any of you - especially those of you who are more than just casual fans - can possibly imagine the feelings we fans have been dealing with for the past few years. The Maloofs are to franchise ownership what Lance Armstrong is to cycling. They have lied to the fans, they have lied to the media, they have lied to the NBA and they have lied to themselves. How do you know if they're lying? Their lips are moving.
I'd like to share a couple of thoughts, since I've always viewed the Pacers as my second team and (in response to another thread here on PD) if the Kings do leave, I'll climb on your bandwagon full time.
1. The Sacramento Kings trace their lineage back to the old Rochester Royals. The idea that storied franchise would cease to exist so that Seattle can pretend they never lost the Sonics is ludicrous.
2. Our city and our fans are not taking this lying down. David Stern has reached out and made it clear that if our mayor (Kevin Johnson) can assemble a local ownership group to buy the franchise, the Board of Governors will listen to their presentation. The Maloofs are not going to be able to sell the team to Chris Hansen and group from Seattle if there's a comparable offer that will keep the Kings where they belong.
3. There are indications that the Maloofs made have bargained in bad faith with Virginia Beach, although it was never actually acknowledged that the Kings were, in fact, the team Comcast was talking with.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. This whole thing is the nightmare that never ends, and yet we can still get 12,000+ people to attend home games. I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but with all that's happened, it's a testament to Kings fans that any of them show up. And that's something the league has noted more than once.
If you want to follow someone who actually seems to have his finger on the pulse, I would recommend Aaron Bruski. Woj twitter-surfs and has gotten a lot of basic details wrong re
For now, the Kings are still in Sacramento and the Maloofs are avoiding home games like the plague. I don't blame this. These are the same brothers who gave away their midcourt front row seats for the final game of the season two years ago to two loud, obnoxious Laker fans (wearing Laker jerseys). That was when we thought that would be the last game the Kings played in Sacramento as it was assumed they would be moving to Anaheim. They have no class and it would raise the image of the entire NBA if they were removed as franchise owners.
Please keep us in your thoughts. Seattle has the Mariners, the Seahawks, a soccer team and collegiate sports. Sacramento has the Kings. If you recall watching our games against the Pacers in the past, I hope you can remember the passion of Kings fans. We've been through a lot but we're not gonna quit fighting. We have a special area of Kingsfans.com for the discussion of all this stuff. Just look in the "New Arena' area.
Thanks for "listening"...
NBA basketball - taking my breath away since 1963.
By contrast, Chicago is about 150 miles from Indy. Frankly, Indy is lucky to have a team.
EDIT: I did not see your replies to the other comments when I wrote the above. Seriously though come out to Cali for a road trip sometime, you'll enjoy just how much there is out here
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I am sure that many here agree....you are more than welcome to join us here on PD and jump onto the bandwagon.
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As a Pacers fan I can slightly slightly sympathize with your plight as two times in our franchises history we have almost moved. One time we were saved by the local fan base by way of a telethon.
Then we also have had our own villainous owner by the name of Sam Nassi and ironically one of the groups he was looking to sell the team to was from Sacramento, this was when the Kings were still in Kansas City.
But thank God Mel & Herb Simon stepped up to the plate and saved our team. Sorry don't mean to stray from the topic or make light of your situation but every Pacer fan reading this needs to reflect on that fact for awhile. We have our club because we have what I consider to be the best owner in the NBA. I feel bad every time I get disgusted with the spending limit that sometimes we perceive we have but at the end of the day Herb has spent and he has allowed us to have the teams we have on the floor. Thank God for Herb and the late Mel Simon.
Okay sorry about that now back to Sacramento.
But not only as a Pacer fan do I sympathize but as a fellow small market fan do I sympathize. You guys are a lot like us in the fact that your core fan base is very strong and dedicated to your team. The Kings are always a tough place to play and that is because of the fan base that is present.
I feel bad for fans of Seattle I do, but two wrongs don't make a right.
Believe me when I say we Pacer fans are pulling for you guys and frankly we are pulling for Seattle fans to get their own team as well. I'm hoping that you guys get your own Simons to step up to the plate so to speak and save your franchise and rid the NBA of the Maloof's. What they did last season by backing out of that deal was in my mind vile.
P.S. Also we're more than happy to have you come on board as a Pacers fan, even if you are a Kings fan first. The only time that it will really matter is if we play in the playoffs and if we ever do that we both win anyway as it will be in the finals.
Very well said VF21. I've lived in the Sacramento area for 2 years now, family has been here for nearly 5. The Kings have great basketball fans. I think that Seth, Roaming Gnome, and the rest of the crew that made the West Coast trip would agree too. And while I'm not a Kings fan, I love having NBA basketball in my backyard for the first time in my life. Right now I am really happy that KJ is the mayor because I know he will do whatever it takes to keep the Kings here. I saw on twitter that local MMA fighter Uriah Faber was even in a meeting with KJ and is getting involved in it all. Now that the Maloofs are taking offers openly, I think Sacramento has a good chance on keeping the Kings. The city approved the arena, it was the Maloofs who ruined that deal, after they stood on mid court with KJ raising their hands together celebrating it.
I can't stand the Maloofs. I truly believe the entire time they have owned the Kings, they have wanted to move the team to Vegas. And once Stern made it clear he wasn't going to allow it, they have been horrible owners and treat the team like a problem they have to deal with. I hope someone buys the Kings and keeps them here before next season so those two can be kicked to the curb.
VF... I'm almost ashamed to admit that a few of us PD'ers were at the Kings/Pacers game back early December without seeking out some of the Kings Fans forumites. We all loved how good Sacramento and their fans were to us on our visit. I know that Sac needs a new barn just to quash the talk of the Kings leaving town, but my goodness Seth and myself couldn't get over how unique that building was for an NBA game (wooden floors in the lower bowl, FTW). It felt like it was happening on a night where the building was only half full. I couldn't imagine what that place was like when you had "The Team" running the court.
I know I'm defiantly pulling for K.J. and Sacramento to get it done and rid the league of those stooges that own YOUR team.
...Still "flying casual"
$525 mil for 65%?! Of the Kings?!Just going online now: Maloofs have struck deal to sell 65 percent of Kings to Chris Hansen group in Seattle for $525 million, sources say
Kings deal to Seattle group still requires formal NBA ratification but Hansen group intends to file for relocation by March 1 if approved
ESPN sources say no agreement yet reached on remaining 35 percent of Kings shares, which are held by minority investors, NOT Maloofs
Sources say deal calls for Maloofs to receive non-refundable $30 million from the Hansen group by Feb. 1 whether or not sale is approved
Well... :-/
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The $525 million price is a "valuation" on the total franchise. For 65 percent, Seattle group would pay approximately $340 million.
@jadande: NBA source says Sacramento Kings sale to Seattle group is signed & sent to league. Maloofs will retain "small piece" of team.
That sucks
@PeterVecsey1: Source says almost living lock Phil Jackson will become front office face of Seattle-bound Kings' franchise. Won't coach. Will mentor choice
Not sure if I believe it.
well... guess i shouldn't have made that post earlier today. very disappointed

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Moreno was initially charged in August with animal cruelty, but after a plea agreement, he pled no contest to the reduced charge. He was represented by defense attorney Shirley Mora-James of Lincoln.
Moreno was first arrested after a wounded and bleeding terrier that belonged to him had to be euthanized.
The dog apparently left its home during the night and North Platte resident Kaycee Anderson found it on the street around 5:30 a.m. while walking her dogs.
Anderson said the dog was a cross between a yorkie and a maltese. It was crudely bandaged, bleeding and whimpering in the middle of the street.
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SAN JOSE -- After four-plus years of waiting to hear whether the Oakland A's will be allowed to move to San Jose, the city filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Major League Baseball in a bid to shake up a game seemingly stuck in extra innings.
The lawsuit accused MLB of a "blatant conspiracy" to deprive San Jose of a major league baseball team by granting the San Francisco Giants exclusive territorial rights to San Jose, which the defending World Series champions refuse to relinquish.
"For years, MLB has unlawfully conspired to control the location and relocation of major league men's professional baseball clubs under the guise of an 'antitrust exemption' applied to the business of baseball," said the 44-page complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose. The suit is being handled at no cost to the city by the Burlingame law firm of Joseph W. Cotchett, which has worked on some of the nation's largest antitrust cases and represented the NFL in similar litigation.
The legal action marks an abrupt change in strategy for city leaders who have mostly avoided confrontation since Major League Baseball began a protracted study of the A's stadium options in 2009. It reflects a growing sense that San Jose, once confident it would soon be a major league city, has little left to lose -- and that similar suits by other cities have succeeded in the past.
MLB executive Rob Manfred said the league "has acted in the best interests of our fans, our communities and the league" regarding the A's ballpark needs. He called the lawsuit "an unfounded attack on the fundamental structures of a professional sports league."
"It is regrettable that the city has resorted to litigation that has no basis in law or in fact," Manfred said.
The San Francisco Giants had no comment on the lawsuit Tuesday.
A's owner Lew Wolff said he had "no details" about the lawsuit. He said that "nothing's changed" as far as his team's quest for a San Jose ballpark but added: "I'm not in favor of legal action or legal threats to solve business issues."
Though Wolff has argued Oakland has no workable ballpark plan, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan said Tuesday that "instead of looking at lawsuits," her city "has really been focused on finding a new stadium for the A's."
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed said the council voted to sue unanimously. City officials have talked about suing for months, frustrated by baseball Commissioner Bud Selig repeatedly rebuffing the mayor's efforts to move it along. They have noted other examples, in St. Petersburg, Fla., and Seattle, where cities eventually got teams after suing baseball.
"After waiting for more than four years for an answer from Major League Baseball, it's clear that we're not going to get an answer," Reed said.
The suit is a direct challenge to Major League Baseball's unique 91-year-old exemption to federal antitrust laws, which gives it more control over its teams than other professional sports leagues have. It originated with a 1922 U.S. Supreme Court decision that baseball is not interstate commerce that Congress can regulate. The court twice upheld the decision, in 1953 and 1972. But many legal scholars have argued it is inconsistent with law applied to other leagues and vulnerable to challenge.
"Whereas baseball may have started as a local affair," the lawsuit said, "modern baseball is squarely within the realm of interstate commerce. MLB Clubs ply their wares nationwide, games are broadcast throughout the country on satellite TV and radio, as well as cable channels, and MLB Clubs have fan bases that span from coast to coast."
But lower court decisions on the exemption since the early 1970s have gone both ways, leaving it unclear how the Supreme Court might rule if it chose to revisit the issue.
"Since the law is so murky, there's no uncontroversial answer," said Stuart Banner, who teaches law at UCLA and has just written a book, "The Baseball Trust, a History of Baseball's Antitrust Exemption." "It all depends on which group of cases you think is more persuasive."
The Giants' territorial rights to the San Jose area originated in the early 1990s. The Giants were considering Santa Clara County for a new stadium to replace frigid, windy Candlestick Park, where they had played since 1960.
A's owners at the time went along with the Giants' desire to move south. After two failed attempts to secure voter approval for taxes to build a new South Bay ballpark, the Giants privately financed AT&T Park in San Francisco.
But the territorial division remained, giving the counties of Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey to the Giants, Alameda and Contra Costa to the A's. The two teams disputed the intent of that split in dueling news releases a year ago. The A's argued it was only "subject to relocating" the Giants to Santa Clara County, which the teams had shared when the A's came from Kansas City in 1968. The Giants countered that MLB owners including the A's repeatedly reaffirmed the territorial split, which the Giants relied upon in financing their ballpark.
University of Virginia law professor Gordon Hylton, who has studied the legal history of American sports, said he "never thought that the division of the Bay Area into two distinct areas made much sense." He added that organized baseball's monopoly is "almost certainly a violation of the federal antitrust laws."
But Hylton was skeptical a San Jose lawsuit against the baseball monopoly would succeed. "San Jose would probably be better off appealing to Congress than the courts," Hylton said.
Wolff said he turned to San Jose, where he owns hotels, for a new stadium after new ballpark efforts in Oakland and Fremont fell through.
San Jose approved environmental studies on a ballpark to be built near the city's hockey arena and the Diridon train station. Councilman Sam Liccardo has called it "the most transformative private economic development project" for San Jose "in anyone's memory."
The A's, now defending an American League West title, have dominated the diamond again this season and revived an Oakland fan base whose history of low attendance had been cited among reasons for moving the team to San Jose, twice Oakland's population.
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In celebration of Fair Trade Month we have created a two-part video series to help you Make Every Purchase Matter! Each video demonstrates how easy it is to incorporate Fair Trade into your daily life.
Part 2: How to Incorporate Fair Trade Products at Home
With 10,000 Fair Trade Certified™ products on the market, it's simple to find the right one to suit your needs at home. From sugar, to bananas, to wine and spirits - there are many ingredients, fresh foods and products that you can incorporate into your everyday concoctions. To get started, all you need to do is use the Fair Trade Finder to locate all of the shops, grocery stores and markets that carry Fair Trade products near you.
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Whether you love to bake or shake-up a delicious cocktail, changing the ingredients you use can mean big impact for farmers and workers around the world. Your commitment to buying Fair Trade means new schools, clean water and health care for farming communities in need. So next time you're out at your favorite grocer, remember that Fair Trade is all about quality products that improve lives and protect the environment. So, don't be square, buy Fair.
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Recent cash flows into bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds have been very strong. A slightly higher percentage of bond cash flows has gone to short-term funds. This is fairly atypical for an environment of extremely low short-term yields.
One of the likely catalysts for this trend has been increased demand from money market investors in search of higher yields. With the Federal Reserve maintaining its federal funds rate target close to 0%, monetary policymakers have made it extremely difficult for many savers to generate sufficient income from their money market accounts. In this sense, savers unfortunately remain the "sacrificial lambs" of U.S. monetary policy as the Federal Reserve attempts to stimulate other segments of the economy.
Another probable influence is increasing concern among bond investors that mounting government debt levels will eventually drive up longer-term U.S. interest rates, which at present are below their historical averages (see Figure 1). In addition, the futures market expects the Federal Reserve to begin raising short-term rates before the end of 2010 as the U.S. recovery strengthens.
Viewing these concerns together, some bond investors may hope that the total returns on shorter-duration funds will be relatively insulated in the event that both short- and long-term rates rise by the same amount (that is, a parallel upward shift in interest rates). In light of these uncertainties, it's natural for bond investors to wonder whether they should act defensively by reshaping their fixed-income allocation with a narrow or "surgical" focus on mitigating risk. To provide better perspective and grounds for discussion, we begin by examining how the market expects interest rates to move and how various government bond indexes might perform if those expectations are met.
Figure 2 shows the bond market's expectations for future interest rates along the entire yield curve. These implicit expectations—often referred to as the forward yield curve, or simply forward rates—can be derived from current U.S. Treasury bond prices. In essence, the forward curve can be considered the set of "break-even" yields that equalize the rates of return from Treasury bonds across the entire maturity spectrum. An important (and often misunderstood) implication of Figure 2 is that if the yield changes of the forward curve are realized, then all Treasury bonds—regardless of their maturity—will earn the same holding-period return.
Given the dramatic steepness of today's yield curve (as measured by the difference between the 10-year Treasury yield and the yield on the three-month T-bill), the bond market expects the yield curve to flatten significantly in the years ahead. The "bear flattening" scenario in Figure 2 shows that the majority of the interest rate adjustment is expected to occur in short rates, not long rates. As an example, the two-year Treasury yield is expected to rise strongly over the next five years as the Federal Reserve normalizes monetary policy, driving the two-year note from its February 2010 spot yield of 0.81% to 5.28% in February 2015. The yield on a 20-year constant-maturity Treasury bond is expected to rise less dramatically, from the February 2010 spot yield of 4.43% to 5.56% in February 2015.
In short, the Treasury security market has already "priced in" a Fed tightening cycle that flattens the yield curve in such a manner that the expected return on, say, a short-term Treasury portfolio would be approximately the same as for a longer-duration Treasury portfolio. As illustrated in Figure 3, this flattening of the yield curve would be similar to what occurred following the end of the last low-rate environment (2003–2004). Starting in 2004, the Federal Reserve raised short-term rates in stages from 1.00% to 5.25%, while the yield on the 10-year Treasury hardly changed. The Fed chief then, Alan Greenspan, called this situation a "conundrum" because it differed from other Fed rate-tightening cycles, such as that of 1994, when longer-term yields rose almost in tandem with the rise in the federal funds rate. However, others have argued that the conundrum episode was precisely how a tightening cycle should operate under a credible central bank that effectively anchors long-term inflation expectations—the primary driver of long-term bond yields.
A natural question, of course, is whether the bond market's expectations for future long-term Treasury bond yields are reasonable. In light of the concerns over U.S. fiscal deficits and the Fed's exit strategy, many investors may find it perplexing that a 10-year Treasury bond yields less than 4% today and is expected to yield only about 5.6% in 2015 (recall Figure 1). More pointedly, don't long-term rates have to rise more dramatically than that in response to the large and growing national debt? In short, the answer is: No, not necessarily.
It is important to recognize that the relationship between U.S. government debt levels and long-term government bond yields is mixed and has varied dramatically over time. The average correlation between long-term bond yields and federal debt levels has been zero.
In fact, were one to graph the current relationship between debt-to-GDP ratios and long-term government bond yields across countries, it would show a strikingly similar correlation of zero. The reason for the general absence of a close association between debt and interest rates is that there is only a weak link between deficits and inflation, at least in developed markets. The weakness of the link is attributed in part to cross-country differences in central-bank credibility, economic size, domestic private savings rates, and perception of future fiscal prudence.
Japan, for instance, has one of the lowest long-term bond yields in the world despite having the highest debt-to-GDP ratio. An explanation is that Japan's long-term inflation expectations remain close to 0% (if not outright deflationary), and investors (mostly Japanese private citizens) have been willing to fund the government debt.
A significant finding is that the expected upward pressure from the fiscal deficit on long-term bond rates in 2009 has been offset (at least thus far) by increased bond demand arising from a higher domestic savings rate. By our estimates, this recent suppressant of long-term bond yields has been as powerful as the so-called "global savings glut" that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and others believe helped to keep long-term yields low throughout the past decade. According to the Federal Reserve's Flow of Funds data, households and U.S. mutual funds owned approximately 20% of all U.S. Treasury securities outstanding in the third quarter of 2009, versus 14% in 2007 before the crisis.
If the U.S. savings rate stays elevated in the years ahead, future long-term bond yields may not rise as strongly as some investors now fear. The behavior of Japanese interest rates today and of U.S. rates during World War II are reminders of the powerful influence that a higher domestic savings rate can have on a government's borrowing costs. Another critical factor going forward will be the effectiveness of future monetary and fiscal policies in maintaining stable long-term inflation expectations. This is because inflation expectations are the largest single component of long-term interest rates.
We decompressed interest rates to shed light on factors influencing the current levels of interest rates and to provide a basis for assessing the future economic scenario that is priced into today's bond valuations (and hence, into the forward yield curve). By combining our interest rate decomposition calculations with the market's expectation that the 10-year Treasury yield will rise to approximately 5.6% in 2015 (recall Figure 1), it can be shown empirically that the anticipated bear flattening is consistent with the following scenario over the next five years:
As such, the bond market's expectations for the future shape of the yield curve seem reasonable. Of course, history suggests that rates will likely evolve differently than what is expected today. Indeed, the Treasury's forward yield curve—as with other interest-rate forecasts—has been a poor predictor of actual future rates. This has often been the case for both short-term rates and long-term rates.
In light of this information, how should bond investors think about the risks to current market rate expectations?
Recognizing that the number of distinct future yield-curve scenarios is nearly infinite, we chose five potential scenarios from 10,000 simulations generated by the Vanguard Capital Markets Model for a calculation of implied returns. Table 1 presents the results.
Most broadly, the scenarios that produce the highest short-run returns would be expected to produce the lowest long-run returns. A good example is the so-called double-dip scenario; for long-term investors, Scenario 4 would likely be the most troubling. In this scenario, the present low-rate environment persists indefinitely as the economy falls back into recession and suffers from a decade-long malaise similar to what Japan has experienced for the past two decades. Indeed, it is this very outcome that the Federal Reserve has endeavored to avoid.
Conversely, scenarios in which rates rise more in 2011 than is currently expected actually produce the highest relative nominal 10-year returns. For instance, short-term bond indexes have lower returns in Scenario 3 than in Scenario 1 because the Fed raises rates more quickly and aggressively than is presently expected by the market. Yet in Scenario 3, long-run inflation expectations remain well anchored, and thus intermediate-term bond indexes have similar 10-year returns in both scenarios.
Indeed, the scenario that is perhaps the most feared by many bond investors (Scenario 5) is also the one with the highest expected return over a 10-year horizon. Naturally, under this "fiscal crisis" scenario all bond indexes would be expected to suffer significantly negative returns in the short run as interest rates rise sharply. However, over time, the higher Treasury and corporate yields would provide a higher absolute income stream—as many fixed-income investments eventually did in the 1970s and early 1980s.
A key lesson of the global financial crisis is that implementing a too-narrow or surgical bond allocation (such as by shortening duration or investing solely in riskier bond instruments) involves important trade-offs that may expose bond investors to unintended yield-curve or market risks while potentially depriving them of higher future income streams. These trade-offs are clearly evident in the range of potential interest rate scenarios that we have depicted in Table 1.
|Annualized Return
|Scenario 1: Treasury forward yield curve is realized.
|1–5 Yr. Treasury Index
|5–10 Yr. Treasury Index
|1–5 Yr. Corporate Index
|5–10 Yr. Corporate Index
|Scenario 2: Federal Reserve on hold for longer than expected.
|1–5 Yr Treasury Index
|5–10 Yr. Treasury Index
|1–5 Yr. Corporate Index
|5–10 Yr. Corporate Index
|Scenario 3: "Preemptive" Federal Reserve is more aggressive than expected.
|1–5 Yr. Treasury Index
|5–10 Yr. Treasury Index
|1–5 Yr. Corporate Index
|5–10 Yr. Corporate Index
|Scenario 4: Double-dip scenario in 2011; Japan-type economic stagnation thereafter.
|1–5 Yr. Treasury Index
|5–10 Yr. Treasury Index
|1–5 Yr. Corporate Index
|5–10 Yr. Corporate Index
|Scenario 5: Fiscal and inflation concerns accelerate dramatically; all rates rise.
|1–5 Yr. Treasury Index
|5–10 Yr. Treasury Index
|1–5 Yr. Corporate Index
|5–10 Yr. Corporate Index
|*Implied future annualized returns for one year ending 2/2011, five years ending 2/2015, and 10 years ending 2/2020.
|Sources: Barclays Treasury and Credit Index benchmarks, Barclays Capital; Bloomberg; Federal Reserve; and Vanguard.
These varied—but certainly possible—rate scenarios attest to the high degree of uncertainty surrounding the future direction of economic growth, the deficit, inflation, and interest rates. Indeed, the difficulty of correctly forecasting not only which (if any) of these scenarios will unfold, but also precisely when, is a powerful reminder that focusing on interest rate moves and short-term changes in bond prices can be counterproductive. To us, the range of potential outcomes in Table 1 would seem to support greater fixed-income diversification in the years ahead, not less.
The performance of various segments of the bond market over the past several years underscores the benefits of a broadly diversified fixed-income portfolio regardless of the future direction of interest rates.
Over the long term, interest income—and its reinvestment—accounts for the largest portion of total returns for many bond funds. The impact of price fluctuations can be more than offset by staying invested and reinvesting income, even if the future is similar to the rising-rate environment of the late 1970s and early 1980s. According to Federal Reserve data, the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond more than doubled over this period, rising from approximately 6.9% in December 1976 to as high as 15.3% in September 1981. Yet the hypothetical $1 million investment made in 1976 would have grown to more than $2.0 million by the end of 1983—not necessarily a disastrous outcome given the period's secular rise in interest rates. Moreover, the higher level of interest rates in the early 1980s subsequently fell as inflation expectations declined, setting the stage for even higher bond returns over the following decade.
Roger Aliaga-Diaz, Ph.D., Don Bennyhoff, CFA, Andrew J. Patterson, and Yan Zilbering also contributed to this article.
Donald from NY posted over 7 years ago:
You could include GNMA's AS good BOND FUNDS. Vanguard is my choice. There Government backed.
Irene from NY posted over 6 years ago:
do you believe we will have inflation in the next 2 years and is investing in Global stocks/foreign stocks with high yields(4+%) the way to go instead of bonds
Hal from WA posted over 6 years ago:
Thanks for an informative article. For me, you clarified the benefits of laddering my bond portfolio.
Vernon from NE posted over 5 years ago:
why are we reading 2010 charts which are out of
date in this kill the saver world??????
Jay from WI posted over 5 years ago:
Vernon, the article is from 2010. They just linked to it because they thought it relevant to todays low-rate environment and operation twist.
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Updated with market close information, updated price ratios and returns, and AIG CEO Robert Benmosche's internal memo to company employees. NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It's time for investors to take a closer look at the insurance underwriting results at American International Group ( AIG) now that the U.S. government has dropped out of the picture. The news and analyst coverage is focusing on three major events of the past few days, but even before Hurricane Sandy hit New Jersey and New York in October, AIG's property and casualty (P&C) insurance underwriting results were trailing those of its major competitors. The poster child for government bailouts and the Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP, is now nearly free of government ownership. The U.S. Treasury late on Monday announced it would sell its remaining 16% stake in AIG's common shares through an underwritten public offering, with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase acting as joint bookrunners. AIG agreed to pay the underwriting discount for the offering, as well as the Treasury's expenses. The shares sold at a price of $32.50, or a 3% discount to Monday's closing price of $33.36. American International Group didn't buy any of the offered shares. AIG's shares rose 6% on Tuesday, to close at $35.26. As reported in the New York Times DealBook, AIG CEO Robert Benmosche said in an internal memo to the company's employees that the Treasury's sale of its stake in the company "places well in the past a crisis none of us will ever forget." Benmosche went on to say that the government's offering marked "the full resolution of America's Financial Support," for "one of the most extraordinary - and what many believed unlikely - turnarounds in American business history. The CEO was careful to credit AIG's employees with the company's recovery, saying "you did it," and also offered a challenge: "How are we going to top this next year?" After the offering is completed, the government will still hold the Series D warrant to purchase up to 2,689,938 AIG shares, with a strike price of $50, that was issued on Nov. 25, 2008, with a term of 10 years. The Treasury also holds the Series F warrant, allowing the government to buy up to 150 AIG shares for a trivial amount. The Treasury said it expected its final AIG common share offering to raise roughly $7.6 billion, and that "the overall positive return on the Federal Reserve and Treasury's combined $182 billion commitment to stabilize AIG during the financial crisis is now $22.7 billion." This sure is a happy ending for American International Group; its CEO Robert Benmosche who has been so successful in resurrecting the company; the U.S. government; the Federal Reserve; and for U.S. taxpayers, who put so much on the line in order to calm the markets and make AIG's credit default swap counterparties whole. However, AIG's long-term investors are still swimming with the fishes, with the stock down 96% -- adjusted for the reverse split in November 2008 -- for five years, though Tuesday's close.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- A few months ago, David Einhorn made news by telling us that he understands Apple ( AAPL).At the time, I told you Einhorn was the one who didn't understand Apple. While it sounds cool to assorted hipsters and a handful of tortured tech geeks, his line about Apple being a software company -- not a hardware company -- made no practical sense whatsoever. And the contention certainly doesn't qualify as a deep theoretical or philosophical thought that mere mortals cannot wrap their inferior heads around. Einhorn's Thursday morning dog and pony show about preferred stock and capital allocation put it all to rest. It's official. He really doesn't understand Apple. In fact, he has absolutely no clue. Let's make a few things clear though. First, Einhorn is loaded. He's rich because he's a great investor. That's his thing -- to maximize his investments. That's his objective here. It wouldn't make a difference to him if Apple fell off of the face of the Earth in six months. As long as he squeezed as much juice as he could out of his position, it's all good. He'll move onto the next position. Don't get me wrong. That's acceptable. Totally cool. It's just unfortunate that we take a guy who we know approaches things from that type of perspective seriously when he tries making sense about Apple. Second, Einhorn has more money than most of us, but that doesn't mean he's smarter than most of us. Don't be intimated by these cats. There's no reason to be. Third, Apple apologized. Apple didn't need to apologize. Here's hoping the apology was a classic Apple blow off and not a preview of Apple letting others dictate its flow.
Apple doesn't have to answer to anybody. Not about innovation. Not about how it allocates its capital. And certainly not about how much of that cash it returns to shareholders. You don't like the company's strategy, buy another stock. I hear Intel ( INTC) looks pretty "cheap" right now with a "juicy" 4.2% yield. Heck, Microsoft ( MSFT) and Hewlett Packard ( HPQ) -- they're doing some real exciting stuff. And they're both "bargains," yielding 3.3% and 3.2%, respectively.


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Open-Label Extension of the Phase III Study With Tramiprosate (3APS) in Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified July 2007 by Bellus Health Inc.
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
Recruitment status was: Active, not recruiting
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First received: April 13, 2006
Last updated: July 13, 2007
Last verified: July 2007
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The purpose of this Phase III open-label extension study is to evaluate the long-term safety of Tramiprosate (3APS) in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.
|Alzheimer's Disease
|Drug: Tramiprosate (3APS)
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|An Open-Label Extension of the Phase III Study CL-758007 With Tramiprosate (3APS) in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: Alzheimer disease
MedlinePlus related topics: Alzheimer's DiseaseU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Bellus Health Inc:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To evaluate the long-term safety of Tramiprosate (3APS).
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To provide additional long-term data on the efficacy of Tramiprosate (3APS).
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2006
Duration of treatment: 12 months. Patients who complete the Phase III clinical trial will be offered the opportunity to receive Tramiprosate (3APS) in an open-label extension study
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- The patient must have successfully completed the full 78-week duration of the double-blind CL-758007 study.
- Male or female (age 50 years and older): Female must be of non-childbearing potential (i.e. surgically sterilized or at least 2 years post-menopausal).
- Patient must be living in the community with a reliable caregiver. Participant living in an assisted living facility may be included if study medication intake is supervised and participant has a reliable caregiver.
- The patient must be presenting a reasonably good nutritional status.
- Signed inform consent from the patient or legal representative.
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients will not be eligible to participate in the study if they meet any of the following criteria:
- The patient participates in another drug trial during the study.
- The patient with a clinically significant and/or uncontrolled condition or other significant medical disease.
- The patient is unable to swallow medication tablets.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00314912
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00314912
|United States, California
|San Francisco Clinical Research Center
|San Francisco, California, United States
Sponsors and Collaborators
Bellus Health Inc
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
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|NCT00314912 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|April 13, 2006
|Last Updated:
|July 13, 2007
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Alzheimer Disease
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Neurocognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
GABA Agonists
GABA Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Physiological Effects of Drugs
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Press Release: New Reports Demystify Two Central Drivers Of Economic Analyses of Climate Change Policy
For Immediate Release:
September 7, 2000
Contact: Katie Mandes (703-516-0606)
Dale Curtis (202-777-3530)
New Reports Demystify Two Central Drivers Of Economic Analyses of Climate Change Policy:
Technological Change and the Economy's Flexibility Examined
Washington, DC - Computer models that predict the costs and benefits of climate change policies do not adequately capture the economy's flexibility or the dynamics of technological change, according to two new reports from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
The reports examine two of the most important variables driving economic analyses of climate mitigation policies: (1) "substitution" effects, or producers' and consumers' spending and purchasing flexibility in response to external shocks such as changing energy prices; and (2) the rate and drivers of technological innovation.
"These reports show that two significant factors underlying the current U.S. economic boom - the level of flexibility and technological progress in the economy - are not fully represented in most current economic analyses of climate change policy," said Eileen Claussen, President of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. According to Claussen, "This finding should cause us to be skeptical in our review of model results that do not depict this flexibility."
In the first paper, entitled "The Role of Substitution in Understanding the Costs of Climate Change Policy," the authors analyze the economic impacts of imposing a climate policy on a relatively "flexible" economy, then compare the same climate policy on a relatively "inflexible" economy that restricts substitution away from, for example, more to less energy-intensive goods. These "inflexible" assumptions are similar to those used in many existing economic models, which analyze the effects of climate change policies.
The most striking conclusion is that the inflexible model scenario can lead to as much as a doubling of the estimated costs of any particular climate change policy. This pattern of overestimation may be even more exaggerated in today's high-tech economy, which appears to be growing much more flexible. Therefore, many model results may overstate the costs of climate change mitigation.
Dale Jorgenson of Harvard University, Richard Goettle of Northeastern University, Peter Wilcoxen of the University of Texas, and Mun Sing Ho of Harvard University wrote this report.
Moving the economy to a future with reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) will necessitate a profound economic transition in which new GHG-friendly technologies and approaches will be necessary. The second report - "Technology and the Economics of Climate Change Policy" - identifies how economic models of climate change currently address technological innovation and where gaps still exist in their analysis.
The paper finds that all model results show technological progress reduces the cost of climate change mitigation. Specifically, this result is true in both the two broad model categories designated as "Top-down" and "Bottom-up" models. Top-down models often reduce technological change to a single rate at which energy efficiency improves throughout the economy, based on past experience. Bottom-up models focus on the cost and performance of emissions-reducing equipment, comparing today's world to the world that would exist if new technologies were widely used.
However, all models fail to capture the full process of how technological innovation can be "induced" by policies such as R&D expenditures, energy prices, taxes, and subsidies. While some models capture different parts of this innovation process well, modeling this "induced" technological change is in its infancy. Improving modeling to reflect induced technological change is an important area for future research.
The technology report authors are Jae Edmonds, Joseph Roop, and Michael Scott of the Battelle.
"All models agree that technological progress reduces the cost of climate change mitigation," Claussen said. "This is why it is important to improve our understanding and modeling of this key variable."
A Pew Center report published in July entitled, "An Introduction to the Economics of Climate Change Policy" identified the five most important drivers in economic models of climate policies. The two reports released today provide greater detail regarding two of these determinants. A complete copy of these and other Pew Center reports can be accessed from the Pew Center's web site, www.c2es.org.
About the Pew Center: The Pew Center was established in May 1998 by the Pew Charitable Trusts, one of the United States' largest philanthropies and an influential voice in efforts to improve the quality of the environment. The Pew Center is a nonprofit, non-partisan and independent organization dedicated to providing credible information, straight answers and innovative solutions in the effort to address global climate change. Eileen Claussen, the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, leads the Pew Center. The Pew Center includes the Business Environmental Leadership Council, a group of large, mostly Fortune 500 corporations all working with the Pew Center to address issues related to climate change. The companies do not contribute financially to the Pew Center; it is solely supported by contributions from charitable foundations.


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With over 50 years of aluminium extrusion expertise, entrepreneurial spirit and continuous improvement, we lead the industry.
Our mission: A sustainable world
We are fortunate to work with a flexible, endlessly recyclable and lightweight material. Our endless pursuit of finding new and better ways to solve our customer's challenges, are contributing to lighter and more environmentally friendly vehicles, energy-efficient buildings and products that are easier to recycle.
Our mission is shaping a sustainable future through innovative aluminium solutions.
Our vision: Innovative aluminium
Aluminium is in our DNA. It's at the core of everything we do. Having dedicated our work to this versatile material for more than 50 years, learning everything about the possibilities it holds, has made us agile, adaptable and willing to push the frontier for what is possible to achieve. We can honestly say that we are aluminium. The material and the people working in Sapa – one and the same. We believe that through combining our profound understanding of the material and its properties with our advanced technology and R&D capabilities, we can come up with solutions that no one else in this industry can.
We are aluminium. Excelling in technology and innovation. Today and tomorrow. Sapa – Innovative aluminium solutions.
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As a global company in a rapidly developing world, we often find ourselves faced with unforeseen challenges, local cultures and dilemmas. When the answer isn't obvious or if there are optional routes to take, our values often provide direction. Our values are deeply rooted in all parts of our organization. They encourage us to ask ourselves whether a particular business venture, decision or solution reflects our values:
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Our overall goal is to deliver profitable growth and results above the cost of capital in all areas of our operations. At the same time, Sapa shall remain an attractive, safe and environmentally conscious, ethical, and equal-opportunity employer.
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A look at the new Games on Demand area, coming in the Xbox 360 fall 2009 dashboard update.
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ABC Reading Eggs CD-ROMs contain all the main reading activities from the Reading Eggs website, in a format that is easy to use.
ABC Reading Eggs CD-ROMs are recommended if you don't have broadband Internet access. Each CD-ROM has 10 interactive reading lessons that are great fun and wonderfully educational.
There are 4 CD-ROMs in Level 1 - Starting Out. This level is for children with little or no reading skills.
This CD-ROM has a matching book pack and activity book.
The ABC Reading Eggs program is also available online at www.readingeggs.com
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Yolo CountyHome Sitemap Contact
California Environmental Reporting System (CERS)
What is CERS
The California Environmental Reporting System (CERS) is a statewide web-based system to support California Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs) and Participating Agencies (PAs) in electronically collecting and reporting various hazardous material-related data as mandated by Section 25404(e)(2-5) of the California Health and Safety Code and 2008 legislation (AB 2286).
AB 2286, signed by the Governor on September 29, 2008, required the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) to establish a statewide electronic information management system for reporting data on the use of hazardous chemicals to the Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPAs). All CUPA regulated businesses and local government agencies are required to submit their Hazardous Materials Business Plans electronically starting January 1, 2013.
Our goal is to assist existing facilities to complete the transition to electronic submittal. Yolo County Environmental Health will not maintain its own Portal for CERS submissions. All submissions, updates, and future Annual HMBP submissions will be entered via the internet into the CERS statewide database.
The electronic reporting site is a convenient, relatively easy one-stop site to fully complete your HMBP. It will reduce paperwork, automatically notify the CUPA of updates, and eventually allow emergency responders to electronically access hazardous materials inventories and after-hours contact information. As it includes HMBPs submitted throughout the State of California by all regulated facilities, most hazardous materials will have already been included within its database which will greatly simplify your submission. Furthermore, future updated HMBPs can be done by merely updating the changed information rather than completely redoing a paper HMBP. Finally, once you have submitted your HMBP, it will continue to be available to you online for reference and for updates that may be necessary.
Yolo County Environmental Health will upload our existing regulated business database to the CERS database. As a result, most of our business users will only need to create a CERS account containing a user name and password, log-in to the CERS website, search for your uploaded business, request access to that business's information, and update and add required information. For newly regulated businesses a new CERS facility will need to be created from scratch by going to CERS Central at: http://cers.calepa.ca.gov
A CERS Tour is available through the CERS site for a visual tour on how to create a CERS Account, log-in to your account, and begin the process of entering a new facility or accessing an existing CERS Business. This tour is available at: http://cers.calepa.ca.gov/tempdocs/videos/NewAccount/.
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Yolo County has updated their Consolidated Contingency Plan and Site Map.
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Suso joins Almeria on loan
Liverpool youngster Suso will spend the season on loan with Almeria.
Suso, 19, joined the Reds from Cadiz in 2010 and made his senior debut for the club in September last year under Brendan Rodgers.
The Spain Under-21 international made 14 Premier League appearances in total last season, but barely featured after the turn of the year as new signings restricted his opportunities, and he will now look to gain first-team experience in La Liga.
A statement on Liverpool's official website read: "Liverpool have confirmed Suso has joined Union Deportiva Almeria on a season-long loan deal. The 19-year-old will spend the 2013-14 season with the newly promoted La Liga club."
Almeria have already brought in Barcelona B forward Rodri on loan.
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How to lace shoes: ladder
Learning to tie shoe laces is an important milestone for kids. But what about lacing shoes? Did you know there are more than 30 ways to lace shoes? Why not teach your kids how to lace shoes using this fancy ladder style.
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What you need:
- 1 x pair of lace up shoes with at least four pairs of eyelets
Watch the how-to video to learn how to lace shoes in the ladder style.
This distinctive style is worn on military boots by paratroopers and ceremonial guard units. The laces weave horizontally and vertically to form a secure "ladder".
Begin straight across on the inside and out through the bottom eyelets.
Run the ends straight up the sides and in through the next set of eyelets.
At each eyelet pair, the ends run straight across, feeding under the vertical lace sections on the oppposite side before continuing straight up and in through the next higher set of eyelets.
Keep going until the entire shoe is laced.
At the top, the ends can be fed under the vertical sections once again.
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