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Muni hedge funds hit by margin calls, Pimco says - MarketWatch

by @ Friday, February 29th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

Muni hedge funds hit by margin calls, Pimco says
MarketWatch - 18 hours ago
Long-term bonds usually pay higher interest rates than short-term debt. That's called the yield curve. In the muni-bond market, that curve is usually ...

Japanese Bonds Post Biggest Weekly Gain Since October on Stocks - Bloomberg

by @ Friday, February 29th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

Japanese Bonds Post Biggest Weekly Gain Since October on Stocks
Bloomberg - 21 hours ago
The yield on the 1.5 percent bond due December 2017 fell 9 basis points this week to 1.36 percent at Japan Bond Trading Co., the nation's largest ...
Japan's Bonds Rise Most in Three Weeks as Factory Output Falls Bloomberg
Japan Stocks Fall as Yen Nears 3-Year High, US Economy Slows Bloomberg
Japan Stocks Fall as Yen Nears 3-Year High, US Economy Slows Bloomberg
all 85 news articles

Muni Bonds Fall for 13th Day Amid Hedge-Fund Squeeze (Update1) - Bloomberg

by @ Friday, February 29th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

Muni Bonds Fall for 13th Day Amid Hedge-Fund Squeeze (Update1)
Bloomberg - 23 hours ago
Similar losses were incurred in 2002, when the Fed also pushed rates lower. Hedge fund managers say when municipal bond yields fall below Treasury bonds, ...
Auction-Rate Bond Mess Is Fault of Issuers, Dealers: Joe Mysak Bloomberg
Munis Have Worst Month Since '03 on Auction-Rate Woes (Update1) Bloomberg
Trapped by Market Turmoil Wall Street Journal
CNNMoney.com - Medill Reports
all 21 news articles

Muni Bonds Fall for 13th Day Amid Hedge-Fund Squeeze (Update1) - Bloomberg

by @ Friday, February 29th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

Muni Bonds Fall for 13th Day Amid Hedge-Fund Squeeze (Update1)
Bloomberg - Feb 29, 2008
Similar losses were incurred in 2002, when the Fed also pushed rates lower. Hedge fund managers say when municipal bond yields fall below Treasury bonds, ...
Munis Have Worst Month Since '03 on Auction-Rate Woes (Update1) Bloomberg
all 10 news articles

Bond rates give hospitals headaches - Bizjournals.com

by @ Friday, February 29th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

Bond rates give hospitals headaches
Bizjournals.com, NC - 1 hour ago
For the past couple of years, his hospital has paid a consistent interest rate of 4 percent to 4.5 percent on all $150 million worth of bond debt it carries ...

Bond rates give hospitals headaches - Bizjournals.com

by @ Friday, February 29th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

Bond rates give hospitals headaches
Bizjournals.com, NC - Feb 29, 2008
For the past couple of years, his hospital has paid a consistent interest rate of 4 percent to 4.5 percent on all $150 million worth of bond debt it carries ...

Canadian dollar hands back slice of recent gains - Reuters

by @ Friday, February 29th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

Canadian dollar hands back slice of recent gains
Reuters - 2 hours ago
The Bank of Canada publishes the previous day's rate at around 9 am daily. The two-year bond rose 15 Canadian cents to C$102.38 to yield 2.838 percent. ...
Red-hot Canada dollar ends higher, off 3-mth high Reuters
Canada Morning: C$ Down Modestly, But Recovers From Early Low FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market
Canadian dollar hits two-month high Reuters Canada
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Treasurys Rally on Growth Worries - Wall Street Journal

by @ Friday, February 29th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

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Treasurys Rally on Growth Worries
Wall Street Journal - Feb 29, 2008
By MIN ZENG Treasury bond prices surged across the board Friday morning, pushing the two-year yield to its lowest since April 2004, as concern over growth ...
Treasurys Rally on Weak Economic Reports The Associated Press
Treasurys Mixed After Hectic News Flow The Associated Press
all 136 news articles

Japanese Bonds Post Biggest Weekly Gain Since October on Stocks - Bloomberg

by @ Friday, February 29th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

Japanese Bonds Post Biggest Weekly Gain Since October on Stocks
Bloomberg - 9 hours ago
The yield on the 1.5 percent bond due December 2017 fell 9 basis points this week to 1.36 percent as of 4:24 pm in Tokyo at Japan Bond Trading Co., ...
Japan's Inflation Rate Matches Fastest in Nine Years (Update3) Bloomberg
Japan's Bonds Rise Most in Three Weeks as Factory Output Falls Bloomberg
Japan's Bonds Rise as Report May Show Slowing Factory Output Bloomberg
Bloomberg - Bloomberg
all 37 news articles

Auction-Rate Bond Mess Is Fault of Issuers, Dealers - Bloomberg

by @ Friday, February 29th, 2008. Filed under Uncategorized

Auction-Rate Bond Mess Is Fault of Issuers, Dealers
Bloomberg - 9 hours ago
29 (Bloomberg) -- There are no sympathetic characters in the latest drama to play out in the municipal bond market: the collapse of the auction-rate ...
Bond Marketer Criticizes Firms Over Auction-Rate Securities Wall Street Journal
Issuers Ask SEC for Break Wall Street Journal
all 6 news articles

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