81.   Evidence that the U.S. economy is slowing is good news for bond investors because it reduces the risk that inflation will accelerate.

82.   Falling rates and a rising tide of early repayments hurt mortgage bond investors because they get their money back early and have to reinvest at lower rates.

83.   Falling Treasury bond yields also helped boost stocks, signaling that bond investors expect interest rates to drop.

84.   European bond investors, meantime, are beginning to expect that interest rates are scraping bottom as Western Europe emerges from recession.

85.   Faster inflation is bad news for bond investors because it means their securities will hold less of their value over time.

86.   Falling inflation is good news for bond investors as inflation erodes the value of their fixed-income payments.

87.   Even in the lawsuit, liability should be limited because individual bond investors got their money back, while local government investors in the pool got some money refunded.

88.   Even so, bond investors say the real rate of returns on bonds is more attractive now.

89.   Even so, bond investors shrugged off the home sales news and focused instead on the likelihood of a slower economic growth.

90.   Even so, bond investors shrugged off the home sales strength and focused instead on the likelihood of a slower economic growth.