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Weekly Roundup From The Financial Brain Trust David Skarica: The Treasury Bond Bust is Just Beginning I like to follow financial commentary, just to get a feel for psychology. What I found interesting is that on the recent small climb in rates to 3.50 percent from 2.70 on the 10-year Treasury bond, many were talking about good value in Treasurys . . . get the full story, click here. Bill Spetrino: CBO’s Health-Repeal Argument is a Numbers Game In a preliminary estimate of legislation the House is set to begin debating Friday, the CBO said repealing the law that President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats enacted would "increase federal budget deficits over the 2012-2019 period by a total of roughly $145 billion." Without explaining Obamacare in detail, I can just say this figure was done through 10 years of fees but only six years of benefits . . . get the full story, click here. David Frazier: Stocks Are Headed Higher, So Get Fully Invested After a year in which stocks were quite volatile and the S&P 500 Index returned only 15 percent, my research indicates that stocks will trend substantially higher during 2011 than their current levels, as worldwide economic conditions continue to improve and economies in most regions of world expand at a much faster pace than they did during 2010 . . . get the full story, click here. Sean Hyman: Setting the Record Straight on the Iraqi Dinar Don’t be tempted to buy the dinar from some website, eBay, or anywhere else. You can look on many governmental websites and they will show you that it’s a scam. Instead, buy “real” currencies that are fully tradable and have the macroeconomics behind them to appreciate over time . . . get the full story, click here. Ashish Advani: No Stop Signs for Growth in South Korea, Singapore Like last year, 2011 is expected to be a strong one in Asia. I have brought you growth stories across Asia during the past six months. Today, I want to revisit two of my favorite locations in Asia and show you how the year 2010 has ended strongly there . . . get the full story,click here. Bob Wiedemer: The Fed as the Guarantor of Asset Values With the Fed’s successful attempts to boost the stock and bond markets using quantitative easing (buying government bonds with printed money) they have increasingly taken on the role of a guarantor of the asset values of stocks and bonds. Given the Fed’s power to print money, such guarantees can be very powerful and have had clearly positive effects on many markets . . . get the full story, click here. More Links: Will Obama’s Legacy Be the End of the American Empire?