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...Treasury-bond investors are an anxious bunch these days. They've had a great run. But most know the value of their bonds and bond funds will slide when interest rates rise again. At the same time, these investors want more than ever the steady income offered by interest-paying securities--yet many would rather not gamble on high-yield junk bonds. What...
Think globally. Chasing down a decent yield doesn't necessarily mean running up the risk ladder if you consider investments outside the U.S. New Zealand's 10-year government bond, for instance, yields 6%-plus and looks at least as safe as an equivalent U.S. Treasury bond that kicks off about 4%. Why? U.S. interest rates are near 44-year lows, in part because of demand for Tbonds from investors looking for safety in the face of war. As that war demand unwinds, rates will rise again...
Lowry still receives dozens of letters, although now, they are often e-mails. The letters not only include suggestions for story topics, or their useful names, but Lowry has seen that they also exhibit an intangible bond to Lowry and her books. Tatar, who invited Lowry to her “Fairy Tales” class, speculates as to why readers feel so tied to Lowry’s books, “Lowry is certainly an author who has struck a chord with readers because her books have a way of addressing childhood fears by creating monsters but then...
Researchers say men and women respond to friendship differently. While men are more likely to bond over a football game and talk about gadgets, women tend to seek intimate relationships in which they can reveal more of themselves. "A woman's inclination to get together and be supported by women friends is a basic process that has its roots in ancient neurocircuitry," says Shelley Taylor, professor of psychology at UCLA and author of The Tending Instinct: Women, Men and the Biology of Relationships (Times Books). She says having a close friend can be a life-enhancing experience in more ways...
...partner, whether it's following death or divorce. "The impact of a parent's remarriage on adult children tends to be overlooked," says Susan Newman, author of the forthcoming Nobody's Baby Now: Reinventing Your Adult Relationship with Your Mother and Father (Walker & Co.). "The parent-child bond is intensely strong. A parent's remarriage causes a shift in that relationship, and most adult children find it unnerving...