term bonds

A hedge against conflict, in the form of cash, short-term bonds and gold, should be part of any portfolio.

When stocks are high, money rates rising, business prosperous, at least half a given fund should be placed in short-term bonds.

To compensate for that risk of price fluctuation, longer-term bonds usually have higher interest rates than shorter-term issues.

Also, the Fed could offset any interest-rate impact of a Chinese pullback by expanding its own purchases of long-term bonds.

The strategy, now known as Operation Twist, would shift a portion of the Fed's portfolio from short-term bonds into long-term bonds.

Best bet: intermediate-term bonds, which historically have returned about 5% a year.

The longer that banks find it hard to sell longer-term bonds, the bigger the rump of debt that needs to be refinanced will grow.

The Fed's aim is to drive up the prices of long-term bonds, which in turn would push down long-term interest rates.

Considering the net purchase of longer-term bonds, it's natural to think investors expect a decline in yields.

Investors and banks have the first week of August due to short-term U. S. bonds sold, turned to hold longer-term bonds.

I still would be wary of long maturities, and stick to intermediate- and shorter-term bonds and CDs.

Meanwhile, longer-term bonds are drifting back to sensible yields and indicators of volatility are back to pre-Lehman levels.

In June, South Korea restricted derivatives trading, while Indonesia limited investors from selling some short-term bonds.

As the shorter-term bonds mature, investors can reinvest the proceeds into longer-term bonds at higher rates.

With dwindling assets, funds would buy fewer short-term bonds, further adding to the difficulty of obtaining short-term credit.

Smaller steps would include shifting its existing holdings away from short-term debt toward long-term bonds.

Short-term bonds, capital preservation-based savings and money market funds holding ratio than previous increases.

The Fed cut it in effect to zero and aggressively expanded its balance-sheet by making loans and buying long-term bonds.

Since then, it has shifted most of its borrowing to long-term bonds.

Some prosperous states including California, have issued short-term bonds to alleviate the shortage of funds.

He suggests that investors keep the fixed-income portion of their portfolios in short-term bonds, including TIPS.

Unlike most regular commercial banks, CDB raises most of its money via long-term bonds.

"You don't want to have money in long-term bonds, " warns David Hultstrom, a money manager in Woodstock, Georgia.

Trouble is, longer-term bonds are riskier, in part because inflation may return, reducing the value of future interest payments.

It has also bought $1. 7 trillion of long-term bonds, primarily mortgage-backed securities (MBS), to keep long-term interest rates down.

Furthermore, retail investors haven't been bingeing on long-term bonds, which stand to lose the most if interest rates rise.

Be very careful about long-term bonds.

MR. JOYCE: There are still some needles in the haystack that you can find in very short-term bonds that get extremely high yields.

Most investors agree that for the short term, bonds offer greater security and return.

Issuers are scrambling to refinance into proper long-term bonds, or asking banks for letters of credit.

This is a profitable strategy when, as now, short-term interest rates are close to zero and the yields on longer-term bonds are higher.

Krugman's prescription was for the Fed to spend trillions of dollars buying long-term bonds.

That paper increasingly consists of short term bills rather than long term bonds.

Lengthening the average maturity of the Fed's $2. 65 trillion portfolio reduces the supply of long-term bonds, nudging down yields.

Many insurers own long-term bonds that, at amortized cost, amount to two to three times net worth.

Given that we expect more volatility in the short term, bonds can outperform.

The news pointed to a boom in long-term bonds.

But instead of issuing long-term bonds to local banks, it obtained a more temporary, 20 billion yuan cash infusion.

Short-term bonds issued by the state of California yield less than 2%, for example, due to strong demand.

In Europe, Greece is bust - the country's short-term bonds yield more than 100%.

One reason for the disconnect is that big demand for many short-term bonds is outstripping supply, making the bonds hard to trade.

Under QE the Fed buys long-term bonds with newly created money.

Or buy short-term bonds outright and hold them to maturity.

The EFSF could guarantee to buy, at a floor price, short-term bonds from programme countries.

Madrid sold 3. 3 billion euros ($3. 14 billion) in short-term bonds earlier on Thursday but had to pay a sharply higher borrowing cost.

It is probable that any impact on the yields on medium-term bonds will have a modest economic effect.

That is particularly true for long-term bonds, whose prices are more volatile.

That leaves fewer long-term bonds for other investors to buy, adding to downward pressure on yields.

This is easily implemented as short-term bonds and CDs mature.

Short-term bonds of Dow Chemical and AT& T.

One option is to purchase longer-term bonds: A 10-year Treasury bond recently paid 3. 7%, while a 30-year Treasury offered a 4. 5% coupon.

If you believe we will, you should follow the crowd and gobble up U. S. long-term bonds.

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