71.   Sputtering stocks are also helping bonds by boosting the allure of stable fixed-interest income, analysts and traders said.

72.   Sputtering Tokyo stocks help bonds by bolstering the view that the economy is too weak to allow the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates.

73.   That helped Brady bonds, most of which are guaranteed by U.S. Treasury bonds.

74.   That could help bonds, investors said, by slowing the economy and limiting inflation.

75.   That helps bonds because many investors fund bond purchases by borrowing from the money market.

76.   That would help bonds by alleviating concern that the government might issue more debt to pay for new spending.

77.   That same speculation helped bonds to gain, as well.

78.   The data suggested the economy is cooling, which would tend to help bonds.

79.   The gain helped bonds because a stronger U.S. currency makes dollar-denominated securities more attractive to international investors.

80.   The little threat of inflation also helped bonds because rising prices erode the value of the fixed-income assets.