Asia-Pacific Bond Risk Increases After Freddie Mac Posts Loss - Bloomberg (Investment Bond News)August 7th, 2008
Posted in Bonds | No Comments » UPDATE 1-Allied Capital Q2 investment income beats Street view - Reuters (Investment Bond News)August 7th, 2008Aug 5 (Reuters) - Business development company Allied Capital Corp (ALD.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) reported a higher quarterly investment income, beating Wall Street estimates, helped by a fall in operating expenses. The Washington Read More Scott Burns was a Dallas Morning News columnist for 21 years. Today he is a syndicated columnist and a principal of Plano-based investment firm AssetBuilder Inc. E-mail questions to scott@scottburns.com . What triggers taxation of Social Security Read More Governor Deval Patrick has asked the state pension fund to invest $50 million and will ask Harvard University and other local colleges to invest millions more to provide student loans to thousands of families struggling to pay college tuition bills Read More NEW YORK (Reuters) - By Freddie Mac’s own admission, it has a negative net worth — the latest reported net market value of the mortgage giant’s assets is negative $5.6 billion. To some investors, that means its shares should be trading closer to Read More Legal & General has seen sales of unit-linked bonds tumble by almost 50pc after the Government’s changes to capital gains tax. Posting interim figures that were otherwise broadly upbeat, the investment and insurance group revealed that sales of the Read More Posted in Bonds | No Comments » ‘Tremendous’ opportunity seen in municipal bonds - San Jose Mercury News (Investment Bond News)August 6th, 2008The municipal bond market has had a rough ride in the past six months, but that could mean now is a good time to invest in the sector. For the second consecutive quarter, fallout from the subprime-induced credit crunch sent yields rising on most muni Read More The Euro Income Bonds Portfolio-2011, which is denominated in euro, is a composite of investment grade bonds and issued by foreign issuers. The bond portfolio, which matures on 31 July 2011, will earn investors a total indicative return of 5.7 per Read More Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) — Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. , the state-controlled energy company that bought North Sea oil assets from Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp. in July, will probably say this week quarterly profit rose as oil prices Read More NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices were little changed Friday after data on jobs and manufacturing portend tougher times ahead for the economy and reinforced the notion the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates alone. Bonds initially Read More Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) — The biggest firms on Wall Street are turning to Europe for cheaper financing as bondholders demand the highest yields over government debt on record. Of the largest banks and brokers, only Bank of America Corp. sold bonds in Read More Posted in Bonds | No Comments » Treasurys decline moderately after rate decision - The Associated Press (Investment Bond News)August 6th, 2008
Posted in Bonds | No Comments » Federated Municipal Closed-End Funds Announce Tender-Option Bond … - MarketWatch (Investment Bond News)August 5th, 2008
Posted in Bonds | No Comments » Is writing on the wall for bonds? - Financial Times (Investment Bond News)August 5th, 2008
Posted in Bonds | No Comments » Bonds flat as data points to sagging economy - Guardian Unlimited (Investment Bond News)August 5th, 2008NEW YORK, Aug 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices were little changed on Friday after data on jobs and manufacturing portend tougher times ahead for the economy and reinforced the notion the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates alone. Bonds Read More E arly this week, I recommended that you hurry up and buy inflation-linked U.S. savings bonds - I bonds - before the U.S. Treasury set the new interest rate on them. That was better advice than I could have possibly known. The Treasury Department Read More Posted in Bonds | No Comments » Euro Income Bonds Portfolio 2011 - Malta Independent Daily (Investment Bond News)August 3rd, 2008The Euro Income Bonds Portfolio-2011, which is denominated in euro, is a composite of investment grade bonds and issued by foreign issuers. The bond portfolio, which matures on 31 July 2011, will earn investors a total indicative return of 5.7 per Read More The municipal bond market has had a rough ride in the past six months, but that could mean now is a good time to invest in the sector. For the second consecutive quarter, fallout from the subprime-induced credit crunch sent yields rising on most muni Read More E arly this week, I recommended that you hurry up and buy inflation-linked U.S. savings bonds - I bonds - before the U.S. Treasury set the new interest rate on them. That was better advice than I could have possibly known. The Treasury Department Read More Posted in Bonds | No Comments » Blumenthal May Target Big Banks, Bond Insurers - Hartford Courant (Investment Bond News)August 3rd, 2008
Posted in Bonds | No Comments » UPDATE 1-S.Korea pension fund to up stock investment abroad - Forbes (Investment Bond News)August 1st, 2008SEOUL, July 29 (Reuters) - Financial turmoil could weigh on the global economy beyond 2008 but the head of South Korea’s $230 billion state pension fund said on Tuesday he saw opportunities for the fund to start boosting its share investments. The Read More SEOUL, July 29 (Reuters) - South Korea’s $230 billion state pension fund plans to aggressively diversify its investment away from bonds into acquisitions of companies at home and abroad to boost profits, its president said on Tuesday. Fallout from Read More NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Treasury prices rose Monday after the government shutdown of two local banks on Friday sparked further worries about the strength of the U.S. financial sector. The benchmark 10-year note rose 21/32 to 98 27/32, and its Read More Posted in Bonds | No Comments » |
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