It would break out in quips and cracks, a bond between those joined together in pursuing something worthwhile.
But are patience, learning and integrity the virtues that mark him out in a government of bond-traders and spin-doctors the right qualities for dealing with post-Soviet Russia, where scholarship is out of fashion and gamesmanship is in?
There is ample liquidity out there and I think, for bond investors in particular, the low interest rate investor will try to find yield elsewhere.
Scott Styris (41) and Gareth Hopkins (45) pushed the total past 200 with a stand of 67 but the Kiwis failed to use up their full allocation and were all out in the 47th over when Shane Bond was caught behind off Johnson, who finished with 3-41.
With little demand for Made in China goods, and rising labor costs, China is finding itself in a bond, partially out of its control.
Specifically, because bond fund managers rotate in and out of bonds as rates climb, the risk of capital losses never, ever goes away.
Composer John Barry, famous for his work on Born Free, Out of Africa and the James Bond films, has died in New York of a heart attack aged 77.
Greece has paid out, in full and at 100%, on an English law bond just after the agreed default and 70% haircuts on all of their Greek law bonds.
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Income investors need to accept the fact that they have very little potential to achieve any meaningful income in the bond market and they should be out of long term bonds.
Check out the first scene in the James Bond film Skyfall, and watch the tailpipes on the mysterious black Audi zoom ahead as Eve Moneypenny, played by Naomi Harris, attempts to keep up.
As I discussed last spring, when the Spyder Trust ( SPY) was topping out in April 2012, the bond pros were buying bonds and selling notes.
They point out that despite the improvement in Spain's current account, and bond yields subdued by the ECB's promise, the economic backdrop is grim and likely to get even grimmer as budget cuts continue to bite.
The rise in yields also puts the bond market out of sync withCurrency and stock markets have reacted enthusiastically to the bank's campaign.
Dusan Mikezic, the state secretary of Serbia's finance ministry, says the government has actively sought out foreign investors through roadshows and visits since opening the bond market to them in 2010.
So long as there is no chance of a bail-out by the centre and the rules of Europe's monetary union specifically rule this out default risk will remain with the borrower and be reflected in its bond yields.
Yes, bond fund investors exacerbated the problem by piling in and out of muni funds at the same time.
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The rise in yields also puts the bond market out of sync with currency and stock markets, which have reacted enthusiastically to the bank's campaign.
One very early clue that the stock market bulls are running out of steam is price action in the U.S. Treasury bond and note futures Wednesday.
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One very early clue that the stock market bulls are running out of steam is price action in the U.S. Treasury bond and note futures Wednesday morning.
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Of course you have other savings as well in the bank, in the bond and as ISAs so you need to figure out how best to use them.
The market now expects domestic Japanese Government Bond (JGB) holders to cash out and seek higher yield solace in U.S. Treasuries and other high-grade foreign bonds.
However, a report out of the UK showing that money supply is barely moving and a weak bond auction in Italy has put traders back into uncertainty mode.
As well as Craig returning as 007 in his third outing, British actors Naomie Harris and Albert Finney will join him in the 23rd Bond film, due out next year.
You might even detect a hint of Lester Burnham, the disenchanted, depressed 50-something played by Kevin Spacey in Mendes' "American Beauty, " in the disaffected and mildly disabled Bond played by Daniel Craig this time out.
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There were reports Friday that EU officials are preparing a plan in case they are forced to kick Greece out of the EU. Spanish and Italian bond yields were above 6% most of the week, which is also stressing the EU financial system.
After a couple of dud suggestions from Becky, Steinberg chimed in and threw out a bunch of icebreakers that might snag the attention of our current James Bond.
Before Sunday, Lee was out on bond following January 2012 charges in Dallas County that he assaulted a police officer and was in possession of gun with an altered ID number, state investigators said.
One possible explanation is that venture capitalists had much better investment opportunities available to them in the 1990s, as the technology revolution gathered speed, whereas buy-out funds were badly hit by the collapse of the junk-bond market in the late 1980s and the recession of the early 1990s.
Then came the European Financial Stability Facility, but it turns out to be too puny to halt the bond vigilantes' rampage through the euro zone, and anyhow rests in part on France's waning ability to join Germany as a guarantor by retaining its triple-A credit rating.
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The company is struggling to hold on to the top financial-strength rating, as its capital position is severely strained by exposure to subprime mortgage securities that have deteriorated in value, triggering the possibility that Ambac and other bond insurers will have to pay out on the policies they wrote.
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