Word: bonding
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...lowest fares" claims of its rival easyJet may be as valid as al - Sahhaf's pronouncements. Under other circumstances, al - Sahhaf might have had a career in advertising. Loan Rangers Five of Germany's banking giants are planning a joint venture to sell on some of their loans to bond investors. Because the government - backed program could help the banks free up sorely needed capital, German politicians hope the plan will spur lending to small - and medium - sized German businesses, which have been hit hard by the recent downturn. THE BOTTOM LINE A difficult quarter, aggravated by late Easter PETER...
...It’s a space for you to queer your appearance,” he says. “I think dressing in drag for a lot of people can be perhaps liberating. It’s stepping out of your clothes, which are the ultimate bond of gendered society, and it makes you think about cultural norms and acceptance...
Meanwhile, the cost of the war is adding to a massive budget deficit, which puts further upward pressure on rates. And naturally, rates will trend higher as the economy gets on track. Bonds face few of these pressures in such places as Australia, Canada and New Zealand, where economic recovery is already priced into the bond market, and in France and Germany, where growth is so slow (and inflation-fighting governments seemingly so dedicated to keeping it that way) that further rate cuts, and bond-price gains, look likely...
...falling dollar--it's down 19% against the euro in the past 12 months--is another driver behind the recent exceptional returns of international-bond funds. These funds on average have returned 16% in the past 12 months, vs. 9% for the average U.S. government--bond fund, according to fund tracker Morningstar. In response, investors have shifted $1.5 billion into international-bond funds this year. Even if the buck stabilizes, the foreign yield advantage makes diversifying this way worthwhile, and funds are the way to do it. The relative attractiveness of any one country's bonds can shift quickly...
...needn't get exotic. Many blue-chip government and corporate bonds around the world yield more than Treasuries and comparable corporate bonds in the U.S. So while the benchmark Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Bond Index yields just 3.9%, you can pick up 5.6% with a high-quality fund like Evergreen International Bond, which buys mostly investment-grade debt and has outperformed its peer group over one, three and five years. About half its assets are in corporate bonds...