Considering the headwinds facing the bond market, I think there are more advantages to using bond funds than individual bonds.

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To be sure, this is an extreme oversimplification of the issues facing both the stock and bond markets.

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And he said a swift resolution to the severe capital pressures the bond insurers are facing is necessary to stop a "tsunami" of problems in the financial markets.

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This lack of decision maker powers now means that Italy, the third largest bond market in the world, is facing a short term funding crunch.

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Five years from now, you may be facing another 25 years with your under-2% bond and reconsidering a few things.

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Journal has an intriguing article on the heat cities are facing, in courts and municipal markets, for shuffling bond funds away from their intended purpose.

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Reiss, 24, is the second French woman facing charges as part of mass trials in Iran who was released on bond.

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As well as Doherty, Monday's matches also feature 1995 runner-up Nigel Bond taking on part-time croupier Martin Gould and Judd Trump facing Tom Ford.

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For if as a result of the subordination Spanish bond prices fall enough, then the banks become bust once again and also the Spanish state is facing interest rates too high for them to be able to roll over debt as it becomes due.

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