1.   Risky investments can offer high yields, but also the possibility of greater losses.

2.   Holdings of overseas securities of course allows for greater diversification of the asset portfolio, and often offers higher yields, especially in the Far East in recent years.

3.   Also, bank bonds typically offer higher yields than similarly rated bonds.

4.   Although the San Diego bonds offered attractive yields, the longer maturities among the California Public Works bonds were more attractive to some many investors.

5.   As the supply of bonds increases, sellers sometimes have to offer higher yields to attract investors.

6.   Asset-backed bonds can offer higher yields because they require investors to do more research on the quality of the collateral.

7.   Bond investors are eager to buy older U.S. Treasury securities because they offer higher yields than newer issues.

8.   Borrowers also had to offer higher yields to entice investors.

9.   Boxes the same size and weight can offer different yields.

10.   Also, some non-U.S. investors bought Treasury bonds because they now offer higher yields than European securities, said traders.