WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State and school districts can now tap their 2010 allocations of stimulus school construction bonds, which total $11 billion, the Treasury and Education Departments said on Wednesday, as the U.S. Congress moved to create more demand for the debt. ...
Fund manager warns leveraged "locust" investors may be back in the bond market This stock-and-bond fund's annual dividend has more than doubled since 2003 under Brian McMahon. He is a co-portfolio manager and chief investment officer of Thornburg Investment Management. Q: How ...
BOSTON (Reuters) - Investors in February pulled an estimated $3.7 billion from U.S. stock-focused mutual funds, dashing hopes of a rebound in demand for equities, while showering $19.7 billion on taxable bond funds, according to a report from Morningstar. After investors pulled ...
China cut back its Treasury bond holdings in January but remained the top owner of US government debt, the Treasury Department said Monday. China held 889.0 billion dollars in Treasury securities at the end of January compared with 894.8 billion dollars in ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Post Bank bought about 300 billion yen ($3.3 billion) in U.S. Treasuries in October-December, the first time it has purchased U.S. government debt since the start of its privatization process in October 2007, the Nikkei business daily said ...
Standard & Poor's hikes Ukraine's credit rating a notch after new government was formed Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has increased Ukraine's sovereign credit rating by one notch, saying reduced political risks after an election will help it raise money and access ...
Portuguese debt agency says euro990 million ($1.34 billion) bond issue is oversubscribed Financially troubled Portugal raised euro990 million ($1.34 billion) Wednesday in a key bond auction that had more bids than bonds available, suggesting the government's austerity plan is easing market concerns ...
Graphic shows monthly cost to insure $10 million in Greek bonds Copyright 2010 AP News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Greece, pressing for curbs on financial speculation it blames for worsening the country's debt crisis, said on Tuesday the idea would be examined by the Group of 20 leading powers at their next summit. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou ...
China sought Tuesday to allay concerns about a reduction in its massive investment in US Treasuries, saying it was a responsible investor and any changes were part of normal market operations. "China has substantial foreign exchange reserves and ... the US T-bond ...
