http://bonds.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com Bonds GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-08-16T14:35:16Z Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:35:16 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/24/choosing-between-fears-in-the-bond-market.htm Treasury bonds are surely among the safest investments on earth. But nothing is perfectly safe. And in the present environment, Treasury debt looks particularly vulnerable to inflation risk. In fact, as... http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/24/choosing-between-fears-in-the-bond-market.htm Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:26:58 +0000 2008-08-24T18:26:58Z http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/16/wall-street-tries-to-buy-peace-in-auction-rate-securities-mess.htm While I was traveling for business the past few days the entire bond industry had a change of heart and admitted that it was staffed almost entirely by greedy and... http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/16/wall-street-tries-to-buy-peace-in-auction-rate-securities-mess.htm Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:35:16 +0000 2008-08-16T14:35:16Z http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/11/burying-the-fantasy-of-markets-that-police-themselves.htm Better late than never. Unless, of course, it's too late. According to this post on the New York Times DealBook blog, the credit default swaps market is now "a rising priority for... http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/11/burying-the-fantasy-of-markets-that-police-themselves.htm Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:37:42 +0000 2008-08-11T07:37:42Z http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/07/whats-the-difference-between-accounting-and-fantasy-not-much.htm Imagine a world in which the worse a company's credit rating was, the better things looked on the earnings statement. Sound crazy? Well it may be crazy, but it's also the... http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/07/whats-the-difference-between-accounting-and-fantasy-not-much.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:06:09 +0000 2008-08-07T07:06:09Z http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/06/bill-gross-speaks-so-you-should-take-the-time-to-listen.htm The bond market can be a famously disagreeable place, where every player has a distinctly different idea of how to invest, what to buy and how much to pay. In fact,... http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/06/bill-gross-speaks-so-you-should-take-the-time-to-listen.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:36:40 +0000 2008-08-06T13:36:40Z http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/01/coming-to-the-defense-of-the-credit-rating-agencies.htm Just days after Connecticut's Attorney General filed a lawsuit claiming that Wall Street's credit-rating agencies conspired to give low ratings to municipal bonds, and just hours after Fitch announced it... http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/08/01/coming-to-the-defense-of-the-credit-rating-agencies.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:13:34 +0000 2008-08-01T10:13:34Z http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/07/31/fitch-revises-muni-bond-ratings-scale.htm Fitch Ratings, one of the three companies that dominate the bond-ratings industry, says it will revise the scale it uses for municipal bonds -- likely leading to upgrades for the... http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/07/31/fitch-revises-muni-bond-ratings-scale.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:36:09 +0000 2008-07-31T13:36:09Z http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/07/30/covered-bonds-winning-mixed-reviews.htm It's worth taking note this is the week that historians will describe as as the beginning of an entirely new form of bond investing. And although it's too early to... http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/07/30/covered-bonds-winning-mixed-reviews.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:50:19 +0000 2008-07-30T23:50:19Z http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/07/21/money-market-funds-are-safe-from-crisis-columnist-says.htm Sometime later this week, we should have a better idea of what Congress intends to do about the threat posed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In the meantime, anxiety... http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/07/21/money-market-funds-are-safe-from-crisis-columnist-says.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:22:08 +0000 2008-07-21T10:22:08Z http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/07/18/are-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-bonds-safe.htm As the quasi-governmental agencies that dominate the mortgage market near collapse, bond holders are wondering if the bonds issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are safe. Now it's easy for... http://bonds.about.com/b/2008/07/18/are-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-bonds-safe.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:45:24 +0000 2008-07-18T12:45:24Z