1. Which bond is offering the better return? 2. Also, bank bonds typically offer higher yields than similarly rated bonds. 3. Although the San Diego bonds offered attractive yields, the longer maturities among the California Public Works bonds were more attractive to some many investors. 4. Asset-backed bonds can offer higher yields because they require investors to do more research on the quality of the collateral. 5. At worst, war bonds will offer a lower return than ordinary bonds. 6. At that spread, the new RJR bonds will offer a higher yield premium than some lower-rated bonds with longer maturities. 7. Biggs, who directs global investing strategy, tempered his support for stocks by reminding clients of earlier comments that U.S. Treasury bonds offer better value than stocks. 8. Bonds offered little guidance. 9. Bonds offered little stimulus for equity market gains. 10. Above all, U.S. bonds offer some of the highest yields for top-rated government securities in the world and U.S. inflation is minimal, investors say. |