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Equity market's loss is bond market's gain
The equity market’s loss is the bond market’s gain. Sharp falls on global equity markets have encouraged investors to re-appraise the outlook for volatility and look again at potentially defensive bolt-holes. Short-term investors may have been reducing equ...
Author: Jeremy Batstone, 09-04-08
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Why bond managers are seeking alpha in Mongolia
Beating the market – the search for "alpha" – takes sharp thinking and a fast trigger finger. Just ask Nicole Montoya, a fund manager with AXA in Paris.
Back in October, she spotted that the cost of insuring bonds issued by Altadis, the cigar and cigarett...
Author: Adrian Ash, 09-04-08
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Higher rates leave bonds looking pricey
UK bonds look unattractive. Even bond fund managers admit that – they “will be a poor investment in the medium term”, says Dennis Gould, head of fixed income at Axa, quoted in The Observer, who isn’t putting any in his personal portfolio. The problem i...
Author: Graham Buck, 09-04-08
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Guaranteed equity bonds are no guarantee
When the stockmarket starts to look rocky, banks waste no time touting schemes that offer protection from market falls. So it’s no surprise that the finance pages are full of adverts for guaranteed equity bonds (GEBs).
GEBs are all pretty similar. They run...
Author: Naomi Caine, 09-04-08
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Bond Investing - Is It A Safer Place For Your Money?
Bond investing is one way for investors to receive a regular fixed income, and it is a particularly popular form of investment during shaky times in the stock market. That is because bonds typically offer less volatility than stocks, although that is not to ...
Author: Craig Thornburrow, 03-04-08
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Bond Investing Strategies
Bond Ladders, barbells, and bullets are strategies that will help the investor balance their bond portfolios to achieve their desired result. The terminology of these strategies actually reflects the character of that strategy. For example, a bond ladder wil...
Author: Kunal Vakil, 03-04-08
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Which is Better, Investing or Owning a Business?
There are many benefits to owning your own business. I would like to compare this to investing to help you decide which is better, investing or business ownership. While each has its benefits, both are certainly not for everyone. They have there difference a...03-04-08
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Secure your future by investing in bonds
For any financial plan, bonds are the core element to invest and grow wealth. It can be defined as a debt security. When you purchase a bond, you are lending money to an issuer such as government, municipality, corporation, federal agency or other entity. In r...
Author: Ron victor, 24-03-08
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Bond Investing - Current Bond Turmoil
Most investors tend to allocate a certain amount to "bonds" and then forget about them. Many think that not much ever happens in the bond market and a bond is a bond. Investors often think that a bond portfolio is typically pretty stable/safe and doesn't nee...
Author: Keith Tufte, 24-03-08
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Bond Market Pricing Conventions
The U.S. bond market is like the sport of baseball - you have to understand and appreciate the rules and strategies, or else it seems boring. It's also like baseball in that its rules and pricing conventions have evolved over time, and they sometimes seem as e...
Author: Barry Nielsen, 29-01-08
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