Bonds

Corporate Bonds Price Well, Secondary Market Weakens

9 Feb 2012

High-grade corporate bonds weakened in Thursday trading but appetite for new-issues remained upbeat as a handful of borrowers improved pricing terms in the primary market.

4 Ways Bonds Can Fit Into Your Portfolio

9 Feb 2012

Since the early 1980s,??interest rates have been on a secular decline.??Since the credit crisis, governments across the world have worked to flood global??financial??markets with??liquidity, which includes low interest rates, to try and stoke economic growth.??This has served to push most interest rates to all-time lows, be it those paid on government??securities, mortgage rates or the ...

Draghi mum on ECB's handling of its Greek bonds

9 Feb 2012

European Central Bank head Mario Draghi has declined to clarify whether the bank is willing to contribute to a new Greek bailout by foregoing profits on government bonds it holds.