71.   The Puritan fund aims for high income and preservation of capital and usually has significant bond holdings.

72.   The securities firm suffered losses on its bond holdings after Russia defaulted on its debt in August, prompting a temporary but deep plunge.

73.   This year, the effect may be exaggerated by political instability, particularly when hedge funds pare their bond holdings, analysts said.

74.   Traders and investors who earlier sold the June futures contract as a hedge against their cash bond holdings are now beginning to buy it back, canceling their position.

75.   Traders and investors who earlier sold the June futures contract as a hedge against their cash bond holdings are now beginning to buy it back, canceling their positions.

76.   Traders who had earlier sold the June contract as a hedge against their cash bond holdings are now buying it back, closing their positions.

77.   U.K. government bonds fell, tracking U.S. Treasuries amid speculation Japanese institutional investors were about to sell their U.S. bond holdings.

78.   U.K. government bonds plunged, underperforming all other European markets, as they tracked U.S. bonds lower amid speculation Japanese institutional investors may sell their U.S. bond holdings.

79.   Traders who earlier sold June futures contracts as a hedge against their cash bond holdings must now buy them back, closing the position.

80.   Usually, his bond holdings are plain-vanilla corporate or government agency issues maturing in three to five years, he said.