Note: Short-term policies are not eligible for the Long-term care Partnership program, which allows people to preserve additional assets and still receive Medicaid benefits.

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Chart Analysis : The short-term downtrend (line b) on the weekly chart of the ten-year Treasury Note was broken last week.

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Sceptics note that a large chunk of the increase is accounted for by short-term bills rather than new lending to finance spending.

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Yields on short term debt have seen an even more dramatic decline, as the yields on the five-year T-Note have dropped from 1.84% in early July to a low of 1.12%.

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"Although we believe that Volvo will profit from its global brand positioning, the short-term uncertainty leads us to downgrade our rating to 'sell, '" analyst Jose Asumendi said in a research note.

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