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The market is readying itself for a 50-basis-point rate increase. Shorter-term issues are reflecting that, while longer-dated bonds are gaining on expectations that next week's refunding announcement will be positive.

A report that Nippon Life may shift away from U.S. dollar bonds has also supported yen buying.

No public money or bonds should be spent on this impending shop of horrors.

A decline of stocks is providing a chance for investors to buy bond. People were waiting for bonds to rebound.

Engagement is an emotional issue. If workers are not appreciated by their superiors and co-workers, the emotional bonds holding them to the employer weaken. They become much more receptive to other employment opportunities where they will be valued.

There's really nothing major out there to worry about. There's a lot of supply, a lot of corporate bonds that are in the pipeline that the market is also looking at.

There's speculation that the upward trend will continue for economic growth and stocks. There's no need rush and buy bonds amid the risk that rates will rise.

People turned their noses up at bonds until last year. They're there to stabilize your portfolio.

As the economy shows solid growth, Japanese bonds will stay one of the worst performing markets.

Jim Bianco

At some point, we will see the returns come back to bonds to compete with stocks. But it doesn't look like it's September or October of '97 for the moment. It looks like that's still a way's off.

Concern about deflation makes bonds look good relative to stocks.

Corporate bonds are filling the void, to some degree. But this does not pave the way to a rally in bonds.

Corporate bonds are being driven by a desire to lock something in before rates go higher.

Don't rush out to buy long-term bonds as rates are rising unless you're convinced that the economy is going to slow significantly.

Conventional wisdom holds that investors should hold bonds in tax-protected vehicles like IRAs and stocks in their taxable accounts.

The upside for bonds will be heavy. Unless there is a sudden slowdown in overseas economies, Japan's economy will probably extend its recovery.

This company has a long way to go. It is a marathon, not a sprint. To buy these bonds you have to be in it for the long haul. It is very possible they will trade down before they trade up.

Thirty-year bonds look attractive. There is solid demand for bonds, such as 20- and 30-year debt, so the sale will go smoothly.

Robert Putnam

Americans are right that the bonds of our communities have withered, and we are right to fear that this transformation has very real costs, ... Bowling Alone.

They managed to rally after being down most of Friday, so I think some of that momentum will continue today. Crude is off a little bit, bonds are up, so I think it's setting the stage for a pretty good day today on the back of a pretty good week last week.

This is a real positive opportunity to help the Tulane athletes, ... It bonds you with Tulane University.

This outcome was the likeliest coming in and already seemingly reflected in markets; both bonds and stocks may be marginally disappointed (for different reasons), but there are no major market implications, in our view.

Felipe Alou

He told me he feels very, very good. Bonds is having fun. Last year he didn't because he was hurt.

Hugh Johnson

Speaking of financial markets as a whole --stocks, bonds and the dollar -- 'volatile' is not strong enough a word to describe them.

The more China possesses U.S. dollars, the more China can invest in the U.S. and buy U.S. bonds and U.S. products like Boeing aircraft.

These bonds typically mature in six months or less, so an investor is not putting the principal at much risk.

The stock market sees these data as representing an end to the recessionary environment and signaling some improvement in the not-too-distant future. For now, the dominant view is that this is the close on the 2001 recession, so you sell bonds to buy stocks.

The stock market looks like it's going to rebound slightly. And I think that's part of it (the bonds being down).

The sell-off in bonds is for real and is the correct reaction. The Fed will need confirmation to act. The bond market won't. It takes no prisoners.

The study of the amino acid sequence around the disulphide bonds of the immunoglobulins was my own short-cut to the understanding of antibody diversity.

As an American, you appreciate the importance of our security alliance, the importance of the economic ties between our two countries, and while I knew of the two bonds between our two people, until I came here, I didn't really appreciate how deep the people-to-people connections are between the American people and the Japanese people.

We've never taken out one of these bonds before.

Darin Erstad

I understand it, but it doesn't make it any easier. I've been through a lot with these guys and the bonds are pretty strong.