11.   Benchmark bonds trade at a premium to others of similar maturity because they are traded more frequently and can be sold quickly when an investor needs to raise cash.

12.   Besides, the bonds were already trading at the other rating, he said.

13.   Bonds traded lower Thursday, as investors reacted to both fresh economic data and comments by Federal Reserve officials.

14.   Bonds will trade Thursday, but stocks will not.

15.   Bonds will probably trade little changed before the machinery report, said Taisuke Imada, a Euroyen futures dealer at Dai-Ichi Securities Co.

16.   Brady bonds often trade in tandem with U.S. bonds because many of them are guaranteed by U.S. Treasury bonds.

17.   Brady bonds often trade in tandem with U.S. bonds because most of them are guaranteed by U.S. Treasury bonds.

18.   Brokerages generate most of their profit from the commissions they charge clients to carry out stock and bond trades.

19.   Brady bonds often trade in tandem with U.S. bonds because they are guaranteed in part by U.S. Treasury bonds.

20.   But its bonds are trading at prices normally reserved for companies on the brink of bankruptcy.