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Have you ever found yourself short of cash and wanted to buy something today? You tell yourself, if you just had a faster computer you could learn more and get things done much quicker, leaving more time for other productive activities. Ever borrowed the needed money then paid it back with interest, say by using a credit card?
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Ask (Asked Price) The lowest round-lot price a broker will offer to sell a security. Auction The issuance of new Treasury bills, notes and bonds at stated intervals by the Federal Reserve Bank of the U.S.
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Unlike the stock market, there's no central exchange for trading bonds. Nevertheless, the process is almost as easy as trading equities (stocks). Acquire, if you haven't already, a brokerage account - such as the ones from a full-service broker or one of the many on-line only trading accounts. In some cases, it'll be necessary to phone rather than place an order over the Internet.
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Bond Analysis — Science or Numerology? Part II — Evaluating Benefits
In Part I, we examined some of the risks associated with bond investing. Here we'll look more quantitatively at evaluating the potential rewards. One of the most common and obviously useful quantitative techniques is yield calculations.
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Bond Analysis - Science or Numerology? Part I - Evaluating Risks
There are more methods for analyzing bonds than there are bonds, or so it seems. Even so, some are clearly essential to evaluating risk and potential returns. We'll look at a few here.
