21.   In financial markets today, bonds continued to advance as investors sought refuge from the latest worldwide plunge in stock values.

22.   In financial markets today, government bonds continued their slide that began Friday with the employment and manufacturing reports.

23.   Investors have added incentive to buy corporates if Treasury bonds continue to decline because the extra yield premium that corporates pay will be important to keep returns high.

24.   Investors and traders said Japanese bonds would continue to benefit from historically low interest rates.

25.   More companies may step in to borrow if benchmark bonds continue to gain and rates fall back near their lows of earlier this year.

26.   Provided weak growth means inflation remains subdued, however, bonds will continue to gain.

27.   Some analysts said tax-exempt bonds could continue to trade at a historically high yield compared with Treasury bonds for a while.

28.   Some investors said mortgages bonds will continue to gain against Treasuries in the new year.

29.   Some investors say U.S. bonds may continue to fall next week.

30.   Still, finance company bonds will continue to offer higher yields than similarly rated industrial firms, fund managers said.