Wikio - Bonds

High-yield bonds can be a dangerous investment (San Diego Union)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:14:06 GMT

Want to find a safe investment that will pay you more than CDs or Treasury bonds?

Source : San Diego Union (subscribe)

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Municipal bonds present risk -- and opportunity (LA Times)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Source : LA Times (subscribe)

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It's been a mixed six months for the bond market (LA Times)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:00:00 GMT

Source : LA Times (subscribe)

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Dollar's weakness may last for decade, bond fund manager says (Seattle Times)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:46:04 GMT

Axel Merk, the top-ranked world bond-fund manager thanks to his three-year bet against the U.S. dollar, said the currency's weakness will persist for as long as a decade despite government efforts to prop it up.

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10-yr bond yield soars over 9% as inflation climbs (Daily News Analysis)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:46:00 GMT

The high interest-rate regime is here to stay. If any further confirmation was needed, it was provided by the government bond market on Friday.

Source : Daily News Analysis (subscribe)

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Fleeing Stocks, Investors Head For Foreign-Bond Funds (Nikkei)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:15:01 GMT

Fleeing Stocks, Investors Head For Foreign-Bond FundsTOKYO (Nikkei)--The global stock market slump has led investors to pull out of investment trusts incorporating equities and instead plow money into those targeting foreign bonds, data compiled by Quick Corp. and QBR Corp. suggests.

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FIIs diverting their investments to emerging economies (Sify)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:46:21 GMT

Having sold Indian shares worth close to Rs 5 trillion since beginning of this year, the overseas investors seem to be ploughing back the money to the bond market in India and abroad as well as equities in other emerging economies such as in Latin America.

Source : Sify (subscribe)

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Investors' anxiety builds as retirement nest eggs show cracks (Boston Globe)

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The bad news is in the mail. In the coming week, millions of ordinary investors will rip open envelopes holding their retirement account statements for the second quarter and cringe. Most will find their stock and bond funds in 401(k) and individual retirement accounts sank between April and June as soaring fuel prices and woes in the financial sector dragged ...

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Conflict of Interest in the Auction Rate Securities Market (Personal Finance | Finace Aid)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:48:00 GMT

Months after the auction rate securities (ARS) market collapsed following a broker-dealer pullout, investors across the United States are still waiting for liquidity to return to investments they once thought were safe places to park their funds. Though some issuers of municipal bonds have made efforts to refinance their debt, holders of student loan backed auction...

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Global bank calls for transparency in ratings (Turkish daily news)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:49:14 GMT

Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's must be clearer and more detailed in their ratings of asset-backed securities and the risks of underlying collateral, the Bank for International

Source : Turkish daily news (subscribe)

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Municipal bonds: Can they be introduced in India? (merinews - citizen powered media)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:04:39 GMT

In the US, investing in municipal bonds was considered second in safety only to that of US Treasury securities; but concerns about the credit risks of municipal bonds started growing, even if the bonds enjoyed investment grade credit ratings!

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Aust bonds firmer as US jobs fall (News.com.au)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:33:00 GMT

THE Australian bond market opened firmer today for the third successive session as US payrolls data showed job losses for the sixth month in a row.

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The 10 Commandments Of Muni-Bond Investing (Forbes)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:55:00 GMT

Many municipal-bond insurers are in deep trouble--but that doesn't have to be the case with your muni-bond portfolio.

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Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Announces That a Class Action has Been Filed Against Fidelity Ultra-Short Bond Fund (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:43:21 GMT

NEW YORK, July 3 NY-Bronstein-LLC-suitNEW YORK /PRNewswire/ -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of purchasers of the Fidelity Ultra-Short Bond Fund (the "Fund") (Nasdaq: FUSFX) who purchased the fund between June 6, 2005June 5, 2008 (the...

Source : The Earth Times Online Newspaper (subscribe)

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Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Announces That a Class Action has Been Filed Against Fidelity Ultra-Short Bond Fund (PR News Wire )

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:43:00 GMT

NEW YORK, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of purchasers of the Fidelity Ultra-Short Bond Fund (the "Fund") (Nasdaq: ) who purchased the fund between June 6, 2005 and June 5, 2008 (the "Class Period"). The complaint...

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Fitch Publishes SPICES Finance Limited Series 2005-1 Rating (Business Wire)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:47:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch publishes the rating of SPICES Finance Limited Series 2005-1 (SPICES), as follows:

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Fitch Rates Vermont Muni Bond Bank's $44MM 2008 Bonds 'AAA'; Outlook Stable (Business Wire)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:14:00 GMT

CHICAGO & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'AAA' rating to approximately $38 million Vermont Municipal Bond Bank (VMBB) 2008 series 1 bond, and approximately $5.5

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Fitch: Venezuelan Banks Under Review After Regulatory Mandate (Business Wire)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:22:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings is conducting a review process of the possible financial impact of some recent regulatory measures mandated by the Finance Ministry and The Banking

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Fitch Rates Ennis ISD, TX $49MM ULT Bonds 'AAA'/PSF'A' Underlying (Business Wire)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:15:00 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings assigns an 'AAA' rating to Ennis Independent School District, Texas' (the district) estimated $48.96 million unlimited tax (ULT) school building

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Fitch Affirms Ratings for Crown Holdings and Subs (Business Wire)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:01:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings for Crown Holdings, Inc. (Crown), and its subsidiaries Crown Cork & Seal Company, Inc. (CCS), Crown Americas, LLC. (CA),

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