1.   A widening spread indicates that the market does not expect another Fed rate increase for some time.

2.   More complicated trades involve taking advantage of a widening spread between gasoline and heating oil futures that usually accompanies the seasonal gasoline rally.

3.   One sign of that is a widening spread between note and bond yields.

4.   One sign of expectations tax-exempt bonds will keep outdoing Treasuries is the widening spread between municipal and Treasury bond futures contracts.

5.   SBI also likes financial stocks because of widening spreads between their costs and lending rates.

6.   The widening spread indicates investors think bunds are a better risk than Treasuries.

7.   Until recently, the widening spreads meant that borrowers paid more, but credit to companies that willing to pay the tab did not really seem restricted.

8.   The widening spread between credit card rates and general interest rates should help several major lenders report strong second-quarter earnings later this month, McKinley predicted.