Declining rates pushed up the value of bond investments, delivering an average 9.3% return for Treasury bond mutual funds.
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Last year, the average short-term bond fund gained about 9%, according to Morningstar.
New Zealand had declared on their overnight score of 452-9, Shane Bond nine short of a maiden Test fifty.
By April 6th ten-year bond yields had reached almost 9%, and the government had to pay almost 6% to borrow money for just a year.
Also, Deutsche Bank estimates that global bond funds are sitting on 9% cash, so fund managers still have a lot of money on the sidelines to put to work.
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This seemingly greedy deal for Goldman essentially lends money to InPhonic at a fat 9% junk bond rate, and as a sweetener it will be able to increase its stake in INPC by 25%, to about 6.27 million shares or 17% of the company.
Over the last 10 years, the Barclays Municipal Bond Index posted positive total returns 9 times.
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Year-to-date, it's nearly flat, while the bond index is up 5.9%.
For investors holding bonds yielding 9%, lower rates will mean that demand for access to those 9% interest payments will drive bond prices higher as the market moves to equilibrium with current rates.
In 2010, tourists from China spent 193.9 billion pounds on London's Bond Street alone.
He said the company was motivated by opportunities that abound in the bond market coupled with the higher coupon rate currently at 9 percent per annum.
Bond and bond fund holdings declined 0.4 percentage points to 18.9%, a three-month low.
Samsung argued that a 4.9% royalty rate would be more appropriate as the bond required.
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For the full year, the median core bond manager posted a 6.13% return, 1.9% ahead of the index.
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Europeans bought about 9% of a China Development Bank dim-sum bond and 8% of one sold by Beijing Enterprises Group, Dealogic said.
In combination with a 2% dividend yield, this stock offers a substantial 9% earnings yield that compares well with current bond returns.
You don't have to pay a 4.5% upfront sales charge and 0.9% of assets in annual expenses to hire the brain of bond guru William H.
Altfest is advising his clients to keep maturities short, buy mortgage-backed securities yielding 6% to 8% and move into international funds such as the Templeton Global Bond Fund, which has a five-year average annual return of 10.9%, net of fees, and a duration of 3.3 years.
The return on high-yield bonds according to the Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond Index is the highest it has ever been, at 7%, up 2.9% year-to-date.
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And November 9 is the U.S. premiere of "Skyfall, " starring the latest Bond, Daniel Craig.
The new James Bond film, starring Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem, will be released in the US and Canada on 9 November.
During the same time frame high-yield bonds slumped 26% and bank loans fell 24%, while 5-year Treasuries gained 16%, according to our research (municipal bonds, another high-quality fixed income asset class, returned 9% over the same time span, as measured by the BarCap 5-year Municipal Bond Index).
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