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French Bonds Gain as Investors Seek Crisis Havens France’s bonds rose in the week, with 10-year yields falling the most in five months, as investors sought higher-yielding alternatives to German securities as havens from Europe’s debt crisis. www.bloomberg.com
Big Outflow Shows Turning Point In Appetite For Junk Bonds Individual investors' love affair with junk bonds appears to be on the rocks. www.foxbusiness.com
New York Thruway Bonds Suffer With New Toll Bridge Cost New York Thruway Authority bonds are slumping the most in at least a year as the operator of the longest U.S. toll road faces a potential downgrade and prepares to finance the biggest project in its 62-year history. www.bloomberg.com
Fitch Takes Various Rating Actions on Enhanced Municipal Bonds and TOBs Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: Fitch Takes Various Rating Actions on Enhanced U.S. Municipal Bonds and TOBshttp://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=68 finance.yahoo.com
Why "project bonds" are a good idea: Gerard Wynn European Union backing for extra infrastructure finance may sound like a deliberate distraction from deadlock over much bigger euro bonds, but in fact it is a great idea - the trouble is the tiny sums ... finance.yahoo.com
Marfrig Bonds Tumble on Debt Payment Report: Sao Paulo Mover Marfrig Alimentos SA (MRFG3) ’s bonds slumped the most since September as Valor Economico reported that the beef producer is in talks to postpone an interest payment to Brazil ’s state-owned development bank. www.bloomberg.com
Fitch Rates District of Columbia TIF Revenue Bonds 'A+'; Outlook Stable Fitch Ratings assigns an 'A+' rating to the following District of Columbia tax increment revenue refunding bonds: finance.yahoo.com
Pressure Grows on Germany Over Euro Bonds A renewed call for bonds backed by the bloc is growing, but Germany said Tuesday that there was no way they would bend on collective debt. www.nytimes.com
S.African bonds rally on dovish policy statement JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's government bonds closed firmer on Thursday after a dovish Reserve Bank policy statement which left market players pricing in the possibility of interest rate cuts in the horizon, rather than increases as earlier seen. The rand shaved off some of its earlier gains against the dollar, partly tracking similar moves in the euro on worries about the growth ... news.yahoo.com
Should investors switch from bonds to shares? Savers have preferred bonds to shares for the past seven months. But those saving for long-term goals such as retirement should remember that equities, unlike bonds, can offer a growing income. uk.finance.yahoo.com
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