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The bonds can have a valuable place as an economic-development tool, but it's not an end-all. At the heart of it, there has to be a viable project and a committed tenant or developer to generate the revenue for the payback.

The bonds between India and Britain are as strong as ever. Over 700,000 British citizens visit India ever year.

Stocks and bonds rallied at first, but now have hemmed down. Stocks are coming off a superb day yesterday, so that may be a little profit taking.

Stock losses are giving bonds some juice this morning; we're back to feeling that the economy is weak and that bonds are a buy here.

Bill Gross

That is not to say that long government bonds won't go up in price if the 'system' suffers some elimination, slower growth, or to be frank, a recession in 2006,

It's probably not good for bonds if the Fed is still raising rates on the short end and people are uncomfortable with the yield curve.

Construction spending was so weak. That gave bonds a boost.

Considering the risk of the dollar's fall, they may buy U.S. bonds temporarily, but they will also be quick to sell.

The next potential market-moving event is the PPI. Every time there is a number that suggests the economy is too strong, bonds come under pressure, which means large caps come under pressure.

It's an investment, ... Some people do stocks and bonds - we do toys.

That makes it definitely worth watching how bonds are trading. When there are problems at a company, the institutional bond investors tend to figure it out before the rest of the retail market and dump their bonds.

It looks like big Wall Street players are rolling out of bonds into gold. As bonds continue to sell off, gold should continue to shine.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

There's been a flow of funds from U.S. bonds to gold, and that is providing support for the market.

David Rosenberg

There is the pre-Katrina economy and the post-Katrina economy. Any number that's going to be important for stocks and bonds is not going to be in government reports. The most important data near-term are going to be energy futures. Those are going to be key indicators as far as interest rates are concerned.

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.

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.

It is too early to worry about inflation in Japan. There is a strong demand for 20-year bonds and it is good to consider buying them.

Jim Bianco

It's not so much what bonds need to do. The focus is stocks and what that market does. Stocks need to re-introduce the element of risk and fall 10 percent off their highs to make bonds look good.

For me, it is of great concern when any person has been in an accident, or is injured, or killed, but in this case in particular, the friendship that bonds me with Ramon for a long time makes this an extra-personal worry,

Foreign investors are still quite keen to buy Canadian bonds as we still have low and stable inflation.

Foreigners own 11 percent of U.S. stocks -- that's not huge, but at the margin it makes a big difference. And right now there's massive foreign buying of bonds because they're a safe haven amid geopolitical uncertainty -- that could change as well.

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.

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