Mr Delors himself, in a seminal report of 1989 launching the process of monetary union, warned about the dangers of economic imbalances and the risk that states could be shut out of bond markets.
Still, Louise Purtle of CreditSights said the rushing of bond issuance could be an example of "panicky policy" leading to "unintended" consequences.
The realized yield of a bond should be calculated if an investor plans to hold a bond only for a certain period of time, rather than to maturity.
You also lose the last 3 months of interest if you redeem them within the first 5 years of issue, but the series I savings bond would still be ahead of the average 5-year CD after just 12 months even with the penalty.
Were Italy to be frozen out of the bond markets, let alone default, the effects would be enormous.
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Remember, any one of these should be part of an overall bond allocation strategy, as there are risks to overweighting each of these in a portfolio.
The strategy of splitting MBIA in two, so the muni-bond insurer could be relieved of the derivative claims threatening its existence, was the idea of CEO Jay Brown.
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Juliet Stevenson, Harriet Walter, Anna Chancellor and Samantha Bond will be part of the line-up.
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Bond aficionados will be able to explore the full history of Bond with the Blu-ray collection, which includes over 130 hours of bonus features.
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The nominal yield on a bond is simply the percentage of interest to be paid on the bond periodically.
Rosenbluth outlines three risks that invesotrs should be mindful of when evaluation bond funds.
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The author wanted the screen Bond to be as much of an anti-hero as in the books.
Bond markets may be suspicious of guarantees made by countries that would themselves be vulnerable if their over-indebted neighbours suffered turmoil.
If anything, the risk neutral yield on the bond will be greater than warranted by the actual riskiness of the bond, due to market risk aversion.
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If that sounds sort of familiar, that's hardly a surprise: At times, this storyline seems to be a combination of James Bond-meets-Alfred Hitchcock in "North By Northwest, " (1959) with Newton playing the role portrayed by Eva Marie Saint in the Hitchcock film.
Keep in mind that the expenses of a large-cap, domestic stock fund will be lower than those of an international bond fund, so compare funds only among their category peers.
Credit-default swaps can be bought as protection against the default of a bond or loan, or they can be sold to create some income in exchange for guaranteeing a credit exposure.
Because the yen's strength may aggravate existing disinflationary forces, the prudent course of action would be to increase Japanese government bond purchases in combination with an expansion of policies to accelerate international buying of the instruments.
While the current ratings of bond insurers lend nothing to the credit standing of the bond issuer, most insured issues should still be viewed as having viable insurance backing in case of distress.
Adele is a slightly surprising nominee given the recent ascent of soul singer Duffy - rumoured to be providing the theme tune of the new Bond movie.
The bond purchases might not be either of these things, and still be pretty large - and long-lived.
Immediately prior to the merger, the bond will be converted into shares of Sprint, which will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of New Sprint.
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However, no such help will be coming for the thousands of bond issues backed by corporate sponsors or a home builder with empty lots and incomplete infrastructures.
It is hoped that in the future there will be a growing number of charitable bond products available with well-established track records, which will allow more widespread investment from the general public.
It wouldn't be quite alright for their shareholders and some of their bond holders and their employees, but it wouldn't be systemic.
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