41.   Although municipals have lower pretax yields, their after-tax yields are considerably greater.

42.   Also helping bonds are low yields on bonds in other countries and a strong dollar, which make higher-yielding U.S debt attractive, analysts said.

43.   Although bond yields are lower this year, the economy is weaker, they said.

44.   Although rising yields are bad news for banks, an economic rebound bodes well for retailers -- many of whom get almost half their profits this time of year.

45.   Analysts note that despite the rally in bonds, U.S. yields are still higher that those in other developed countries.

46.   And yields are down, Lindall Wagner said.

47.   As a measure of investor despair, stocks are still falling though dividend yields are at their highest relative to bond yields in more than five years.

48.   Asset-backed bonds, whose yields are at their most attractive levels in two years, are looking like a bargain, investors said.

49.   At one time, before the memory of many current investors, dividend yield was an important consideration in picking stocks.

50.   At worst, with the New Economy fund, there is no yield at all.