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Bonds and bond funds comprised 21.6% of individual investor portfolios, a 3.8 percentage point decline from May.
FORBES: Cash Taking Bigger Piece Of Portfolio Pie
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Citigroup's World Government Bond Index, which measures total returns on the 21 biggest government bond markets, dipped to its lowest level for over a year.
ECONOMIST: Overview
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As of Thursday, a 5 year AAA corporate bond has an interest rate of 1.21% and a 5 year AAA muni bond has an interest rate of 0.93%.
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When rates rose 200 basis points from there, a bond with a 7% coupon lost 21% of its value.
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Bond and bond fund allocations were essentially unchanged at 21.8%.
FORBES: Investors Give Equities More Respect
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Bond and bond fund allocations rose 2.5 percentage points to 21.1%, a six-month high.
FORBES: Stocks Take A Slight Hit But Still Rule The Roost
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The selloff in bond markets forced leaders to call an emergency summit for July 21.
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Bond and bond fund allocations rose by 2.3 percentage points to 21.2%, a three-month high.
FORBES: Investors Stash More Cash
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Sangakkara eventually ran out of partners when Muttiah Muralitharan gave a return catch to Shane Bond, but his 265-minute innings, which featured a six and 21 boundaries, was one of the best of his career.
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The U.S. dollar and Japanese yen gained on other currencies while bond buyers snapped up Treasuries, pushing the yield on the benchmark 10-year note down to 3.21%.
FORBES: Stocks Fall, Banks Raise Money