Whereas the last three months of 2008 saw one disaster after another, the end of 2009 was a period of healthy recovery, as measured by capital, bond and stockmarkets.

尽管2008年最后一个季度坏消息不断，但从资本，债券和证券市场的数据来看，2009年年底时经济已出现良好复苏。

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Bond markets are especially overbought and I can't think of more spectacular profit potential particularly at the long end of the spectrum.

债券市场尤其供不应求，我想不出比它更具有壮观的盈利潜力的，特别是在长期持有上。

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So a two-year bank CD or a Treasury inflation-protected security yielding around 2%, and short-term investment-grade bond funds at 2% plus, aren't the end of the world.

因此收益率在2%的两年期银行定存单或者通货膨胀保值型国债，以及收益率在2%以上的短期投资级债券基金都属于不错的选择。

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Similarly, not long ago many bond market gurus were predicting the end of high bond prices.

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But can Washington stomach the end of bank bond buying?

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The four iShares index funds (see table below), issued by the Global Investors unit of Barclays (nyse: BCS - news - people ), sport a rock-bottom expense ratio of 0.15 versus open-end bond fund averages of around 1.00 and the 0.20 charged by low-cost leader Vanguard.

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