1.   As these bills were of short maturity they rolled over rather quickly.

2.   As Brady bonds fall, Landis said, he is selling them and searching for bonds with short maturities and relatively high yields instead.

3.   Bills and other securities with short maturities would be most immediately affected by any Fed action.

4.   Bond investors like low rates because many borrow at short maturities to fund investments.

5.   Both funds invest in issues of short maturity, as made clear by their names.

6.   A vote for independence would be expected to generate a flight out of Canadian securities to the relative safety and stability of short maturities in the U.S. Treasury market.

7.   A. This is a very conservative fund, which sacrifices yield for the safety of short maturities and government- backed securities.

8.   Burtnick thought it might have been the purchases from small investors as they bought heavily in the short maturities, through the five-year note.

9.   But by staying with short maturities, the original money will be available for reinvestment quickly.

10.   First, Philippine bonds are hard to buy and sell, since only short maturity bills have active secondary markets.