71. President Bush and Congress must carefully balance the need for heightened security with the need to protect the constitutional rights of Americans. 72. Prices of some securities with shorter maturities rose slightly. 73. Rising defaults could force card companies to redeem their bonds early, leaving bondholders with the prospect of investing in new securities with lower returns. 74. Rising interest rates hurt bond prices because existing fixed-income securities with lower yields lose appeal. 75. Rising yields damped bank and utility stocks, analysts said, because they compete with fixed-income securities with their steady dividend-rich returns. 76. Rivera addresses security with decorative gates that can slide on tracks. 77. Reports say the panel wants pension funds to invest part of their assets in the capital markets instead of in government securities with guaranteed returns. 78. Securities with less time to maturity are more sensitive to Fed rate cuts. 79. Securities with shorter maturities are less subject to fluctuations in interest rates. 80. Rising rates deplete demand for securities with fixed returns, such as bonds. |