Thursday, June 17, 2010

FDIC keeps Insured level at $250K

Deposit insurance gets permanent increase – reconciliation conference members on Tues agreed to permanently increase deposit insurance for bank customers (from $100K to $250K); the move was unexpected. 

This move could hurt stocks....

PIMCO likes stocks...

PIMCO’s Gross says his firm is moving into equities - "We are making a move into equities...we are recognizing the global market place is not just bond related,"; Gross says equities look attractive - "Corporate equities, however, in terms of valuation are selling at very low (price-earnings) ratios.”