Keyword: Treasury bonds

Bond Free? (5/12/2010)

Treasury bonds are important instruments in regulating the money supply.

Keywords: budget deficit, budget surplus, debt, interest rate, money supply, quantitative easing, Treasury bonds

Bonds vs Stocks (1/23/2010)

Bonds and stocks are alternative means of business financing where bonds offer steady income while stocks offer potentially substantial capital gains to investors.

Keywords: coupon rate, default, investment grade spread, junk bonds, rating agencies, Treasury bonds, yield

Savers, Suckers? (5/12/2010)

Savers are collateral damage in the Fed’s attempt to resuscitate a comatose economy during the Great Recession.

Keywords: bailout, borrowers, CD, certificates of deposit, FDIC, Fed funds rates, housing bubble, interest rate, money market funds, mortgage, quantitative easing, recession, savers, Saving, spenders, the Fed, Treasury bonds, yield

The Yield Curve (1/23/2010)

The yield curve depicts how yields of Treasury debts vary with their borrowing durations.

Keywords: inflation, inflation breakeven rate, recovery, TIPS, Treasury bonds, Treasury inflation-protected securities, yield curve, yield gap