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Bonds — Tax Considerations For Investors
One reason stocks are more popular than bonds is that the latter are more complicated. Ironic, considering their risk and returns bonds are easier to judge and predict with confidence.
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Few investments offer as objective an estimate of risk as bonds. Because of some fixed characteristics - par (face value, repaid at maturity), coupon (interest rate, percentage paid in semi-annual payments on the par) and maturity (date principal is repaid) - predicting bond values and risk with some confidence is as much science as art.
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Every bond carries some risk that the issuer will default on repayment of the principal or suspend interest payments. Once that risk is measured (see 'Measuring Risk' elsewhere in this series), then what?
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'Junk' bonds - more politely known as high-yield bonds - acquired the name as a consequence of their low rating by the major agencies and their high rate of default. 'Default' is the failure to repay principal and/or suspension of interest payments.
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Get Smart 'is homage to Bond films' - Western Telegraph
New spoof movie Get Smart is a homage to spy films like James Bond, says its director Peter Segal. "This movie gets closer to the Bondian type of movie and that was by design," says Peter, who adapted the film from the 1960s TV series created by Mel
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TREASURIES-Bonds down as investors turn to agency debt - Reuters
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices fell on Thursday as investors turned away from bonds to buy the debt of government-sponsored agencies Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) and Freddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote
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UPDATE 1-Siemens raises 750 mln euros in 2-part bond tap - Reuters
LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Germany's Siemens (SIEGn.DE: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) raised 750 million euros ($1.11 billion) in the debt market on Thursday, adding to a dual-tranche euro bond it sold just two-and-a-half months ago
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Lower bond denied - Cincinnati.com
LEBANON - A magistrate Wednesday maintained a $1 million bond for Ryan Widmer, accused in the bathtub drowning of his wife, despite her family's second plea for a lower bond. During a brief but tense hearing in Warren County Common Pleas Court, many


