Bond investors are beating the market this year, but investors in bond mutual funds can't count on taking those profits to the bank. Bond funds have a quirk: They never mature. When a bond comes of age, you get your money back. Bond funds, on the other hand, are eternal...
It now seems clear that the June meeting of the Federal Reserve Open Monetary Committee signalled the high- water mark for the US bond market. With the Fed apparently reneging on its assumed role as the bigger fool, or buyer of last resort, the upward momentum in fixed-income markets faded,...
This calculator compares two bond investments buying a bond at a substantial discount to par value and receiving no coupon (a zero-coupon bond), and buying a bond with a coupon. User can select a Treasury security, corporate bond or municipal bond. Treasury securities are exempt from state income taxes. Municipal...
While some electronic bond trading is available to retail investors, the entire bond market remains an over-the-counter market. Unlike stock trading - for which automation has leveled the playing field for retail and institutional investors - the bond market lacks liquidity and price transparency except for the most liquid of...
A new method of bond portfolio optimization is described. The method is based on stochastic string models of bond returns. It is shown how to approximate the bond return correlation function with Pade approximations and how to compute the optimal portfolio allocation using Wiener-Hopf factorization. The technique is illustrated with...
The term bond spreads or spreads refer to the interest rate differential between two bonds. Mathematically, a bond spread is the simple subtraction of one bond yield from another. Bond spreads are the common way that market participants compare the value of one bond to another, much like price-earnings ratios...
J.P. morgan kept its top spot in CW's bond rankings, leading nearly $5.7 billion of bond issues last year. Overall, there were $26.6 billion in public bond and private-placement issues in 1999, up 9% from 1998. J.P. Morgan led the largest bond offering last...
This bond yield calculator can help you figure out the current bond yield as well as the bond yield to maturity. The calculator requires several inputs including the current bond price, par value, coupon rate and years until maturity.
Bond market reforms after the Salomon scandal are breaking the monopoly on bond price information. Electronic fixed income investment dat services from Telerate, Bloomberg, Reuters, LIKE an ill wind, the scandal of Salomon's rigging of Treasury-bond auctions looks like producing at least one unexpected benefit. Reforms...
US 30-year term Treasury bond prices are falling slightly after a long increase. The effect of inflation on the bond market is discussed in relation to T-bond price forecasts. The Federal Reserve may raise interest rates to control inflation.AMERICA'S Treasury bonds may be at a turning point. The price of...
JAMES Bond loves Aston Martin cars and when it comes to flying it now seems that Virgin Atlantic is 007's airline of choice. The carrier today announced it will again feature in the new Bond film Quantum of Solace, starring Daniel Craig as 007. This followed the cameo...
This tool will estimate The Tax-Equivalent Yield TEY for a municipal bond. Income generated from municipal bond coupon payments are not subject to federal income tax. In addition, if the bond was issued in your state of residence, you can also avoid state income taxes. Use this tool to determine...
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. -- Vanguard today filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC to offer exchange-traded shares for four existing bond index funds: Vanguard[R] Total Bond Market Index Fund, Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund, Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund, and Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund....
* Avon Products, Inc. has collaborated with the James Bond entertainment franchise to create a new signature Bond Girl 007 women's fragrance for Fall 2008. British actress Gemma Arterton, who plays the role of Agent Fields in the upcoming Bond film, will be the face of the new fragrance....
Similar to a mortgage with a bank, bonds are an issue by a borrower to a lender. When one buys a corporate bond he may be loaning one's money to a corporation for a predetermined period of time, the maturity. In most cases the bond's par value is $1,000, this...
*Though it's wonderful to have Sean Connery back as Bond,Never Say Never Again (AMC, tonight, 8 ET/PT) is nevertheless one of the least satisfactory 007 films. Produced outside of the series, this inferior Thunderball remake suffers from its outcast sta- tus -- most particularly, surprisingly, in its score. As it...
The factors that affect the bond markets and interest rates are very complex. Bond managers make important choices on term, yield curve positioning, sector, and issuers on a continuous basis. A manager can make a fabulous call, only to be wrong a few months later. This makes bond indexing a...
ALAMEDA -- A creative but complicated plan to infuse aging Alameda schools with needed money has some people questioning whether the plan is too costly. Measure C, a school bond on the March 2 ballot, would raise $63 million for aging and overcrowded schools in Alameda. ...
Dallas private bond activity apartment complexes are approved subject to complying with a series of inflexible rules and are contingent on tax credits being available. Identifying sites for which private bond activity apartment complexes are financially feasible is difficult. Private bond activity complexes are subject to approval by both the...
