Word: yielding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Jones industrial average was down as much as 50 points during the day on Wednesday but rebounded to close with a 13.79 point loss at 3787.34. The S&P 500 fell 1.07, to 453.52. NASDAQ stocks dropped 1.02, to 746.28. And bond prices dropped sharply, driving the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury up to 7.95 percent from 7.89 percent on Tuesday. That's the highest yield on the long bond since June 1992. The price of gold was up 70 cents, to $392.25 in London trading...
...latest report on money-market-fund yields shows that three funds are now paying more than 5 percent. The top performer is Benham's Prime Money Market Fund, based in Mountain View, California, which was yielding 5.12 percent. In second place, yielding 5.09 percent, is the Olde Premium Plus Money Market Series, available through the discount broker Olde. The Dreyfus Basic Money Market fund is third, with a 5.02 percent yield. The average money-market fund is paying only 4.35 percent, up from 4.29 percent last week, according to the weekly report by IBC/Donoghue...
...most important person on that plane," says one Administration official. It was Powell who described to Haitian military chief Raoul Cedras in terrifying detail the firepower the U.S. was prepared to use. It was Powell who convinced Cedras that it was more in keeping with military honor to yield than to fight. It was Powell who ultimately persuaded President Clinton to take the deal with all its flaws. If the Haitian venture turns sour, the general's prestige might plummet, but right now it is so high as to revive talk in the White House of naming him Secretary...
...will boost rates for a sixth time this year. On Wall Street, the markets waffled, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up a meager 3.70 points to 3846.89 while the S&P 500 dipped 0.97 to 461.74. NASDAQ stocks fell 3.41 to 760.88. But bond prices nosedived, driving the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury up to 7.86%, from...
...yield on three-month Treasury bills notched up on Monday, a signal that interest rates will likely continue to rise on various forms of short-term savings. The three-month T-bill was up 0.06 percentage points to 4.82% at the weekly auction, the six-month bills rose to 5.49%; and one-year bills reached an even 6%. The higher yields will help boost the return on money market funds that invest in government securities. And if you have enough money to invest, you can also buy Treasury bills directly. For information, write the Bureau of Public Debt, Treasury Department...