The coupon is 3.63%, which is 67 basis points less than that of an equivalent Treasury.
The Bank of China said it was cutting interest rates by 27 basis points, effective Oct. 9.
The Schwab no-load has a slightly lower expense ratio (35 basis points) and a higher turnover (27%).
The bank said in September that the decline would be roughly 17 basis points.
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Municipal bonds are two-to-four basis points weaker at maturities between 2023-2041 in quiet trading conditions.
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In the mid-'90s, Congress trimmed the guaranteed return to lenders by 30 basis points.
Consensus expectations were for the ECB to cut by 50 basis points, to 3.25%.
South Africa meanwhile has seen its weighting in VWO increase by a full 100 basis points.
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We expect to increase non-GAAP operating margins by another approximately 200 basis points in FY15.
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Credit default swaps on BofA added 17.7 basis points to 355 basis points earlier this afternoon.
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The sales growth and productivity improvements helped the operating margin improve 279 basis points to 13.52%.
Gross margin was 26.7% in the quarter, down 275 basis points from a year earlier.
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Big banks' extra edge on interest rates at most 16 basis points would probably not overturn this.
Italian and Spanish yields surged again adding 12 basis points to the level of benchmark yields.
The Reserve Bank of Australia raised interest rates by 25 basis points, to 6.25%.
Sandy added 40 basis points to that growth in comparable store sales, management says.
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That's the first time since 2000 the tax drag exceeded 100 basis points, Roseen notes.
It has managed to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets index by about 100 basis points, however.
Even excluding charges associated with cost overruns in 2008, the operating margin improved 216 basis points.
The company sees gross margin retreating to 48%, give or take 50 basis points.
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Moreover, the 30 year bond yield fell by 14 basis points down to 2.72%.
Banks will have to drop rates by, say, 150 or 200 basis points to stimulate lending.
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Out of interest the spread traded at 179 basis points as recently as six months ago.
However, net interest margin decreased 70 basis points (bps) year over year to 6.52%.
Junk, I rallied already 40 basis points this year. 567 or some ungodly number like that.
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The ETF has an expense ratio of 70 basis points and averages 135K shares per day.
It has an expense ratio of only 20 basis points and currently yields 3.4%.
The corresponding gross margin compression was 460 basis points and 280 basis points, respectively.
Instead of declining, the risk premium on the non-defaulting bonds would increase to 707 basis points.
This morning, Italian two-year government debt yields 145 basis points over German two-year paper.
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