Have you ever borrowed money? Of course you have! Whether we hit our parents up for a few bucks to buy candy as children or asked the bank for amortgage , most of us have borrowed money at some point in our lives.
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Interest rates have just about reached their theoretical limit. As of this writing, the most lucrative one-year certificate of deposit available pays 1.1%. Thirty-year mortgages are at around 3.62%, and dropping. Money is cheap right now.
Continue reading >>Corporate bonds can be a source of compelling opportunities for many investors, since they typically offer yields greater than those available on U.S.Treasuries .
Continue reading >>Ownership of a bond is the ownership of a stream of future cash payments.Those cash payments are usually made in the form of periodic interest payments and the return of principal when the bond matures.
Continue reading >>Three business school disciplines--accounting, finance, and real estate--make use of the capital budgeting concept when teaching project decision making.
Continue reading >>The next time you drive on a smoothly paved highway, borrow a new DVD from your library, see an office park rising up in your neighborhood or hear of a factory expansion that's creating new jobs, consider the role of the U.S. bond market.
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