81.   Because the bonds are appropriation-backed, the New Jersey Assembly will have to approve payment for debt service on the bonds every year.

82.   Benchmark bonds are typically the most liquid and actively traded bonds, making them the bonds of choice for most investors.

83.   Between now and then, Brady bonds are likely to keep gaining.

84.   Bonds also were lower but recovered later, taking stocks with them and the Dow industrials to another record close.

85.   Bonds also were weak.

86.   Bonds are also less attractive with yields just off record lows, he said.

87.   Bonds are attractive because they can provide a steady stream of income that can act as a cushion against the ups and downs of the stock market.

88.   Bonds are not risk-free investments, however.

89.   Bonds are poised for a third straight quarter of gains, according to an index of bonds maturing in more than one year compiled by Bloomberg Analytics.

90.   Bonds are poised to climb as the Fed continues to cut rates to keep the economy from skidding into a recession, said Thompson at State Street Global Advisors.