Since Feb. 28, the international fund is positive, and behaving like a good fixed income bond should: up 2.6%.
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One international bond investor in New York says she expects a good month or two of unrealistic Treasury bond yields as the market waits for more U.S. economic data.
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If you buy dinner from a three-star Michelin restaurant you can be confident of getting a good meal, but today if you buy a bond from an AAA-rated borrower you can be rather less sure of getting your money back.
Dr. April Benson, a psychologist and author of books on compulsive spending, said this is a good time for families to bond over experiences instead of purchases.
It really does take something to make a government bond a Giffen Good, something previously only observed with wheat noodles in North China and rice in South China.
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The Euro currency and European stock markets were boosted Thursday by a successful Spanish bond auction that saw good investor demand and lower yields.
That's another reason why a lower bond yield is not always good news - even if the chancellor has gotten us into the habit of thinking otherwise.
In these circumstances a stronger yen and weaker bond market may be less bad news than a response to good news.
Hashim Amla never settled, and a fast, short ball from Bond just outside off stump was good enough to end his innings on 12 - Brendon McCullum taking a thin outside edge.
The reserve currency will be there to bail out sloppy economic policy-making, and Republicans like Toomey will continue to capitulate to the idea that the global bond market thinks Washington is doing a good job.
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But will the Fed's tactics of fighting deflation (which is intrinsically a good thing for creditors) through monetary inflation ignite a virulent new strain of inflation (which kills bond returns and drives down their prices)?
In the recent Greek bond restructuring, something which has a good claim to being the largest financial transaction the world has ever seen, the major participants were all keeping tabs on what was going on with the aid of 100 iPads from Apple.
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Fittingly, Jolie recently told Nightline anchor Cynthia McFadden that, despite her world-famous good looks, she never wanted to be a Bond girl she wanted to be Bond.
Consultants hired to facilitate the event had done a good job warming up the group and helping them begin to bond.
Thailand is expected to tap the bond markets later this year, and South Korea, which has not issued a sovereign bond in over a year, is also a good candidate.
So when he offered to bail out the U.S. bond insurance industry on Tuesday, it seemed a good bet that he was proposing a better deal for Berkshire Hathaway than for the troubled firms that might need his help.
Good news for Entergy-Koch, which has an A bond rating--about on a par with that of a typical big-city bank.
It may be that the bond-traders' brand of cynical realism is as good a tactic as any.
New York insurance regulator Eric Dinallo is set to testify this afternoon about his efforts to coordinate a Wall Street solution to the crisis in the bond insurers, including the good bank, bad bank idea, which most admit is the least palatable of the available options.
Good and strong and solid like they were in the book, with a weird and unexpected bond forming between the two.
Inspired casting, a good sense of humor, and a slick style add to a fun story with hints of James Bond and one of the best cameos of the year.
Bond funds, once a problem for Fidelity given its affection for risk, are now consistently good performers.
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