Now, you have to understand that when you buy a bond, if you buy it at issue, you get the first coupon in six months, the second coupon in one year, the third coupon in eighteen months, and the last coupon you get at the maturity date.

你们需要了解,如果在发行时就购入债券,六个月后会得到第一笔票息,一年后第二笔,18个月后第三笔,到期时得到最后一笔票息

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You also lose the last 3 months of interest if you redeem them within the first 5 years of issue, but the series I savings bond would still be ahead of the average 5-year CD after just 12 months even with the penalty.

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Japan wants to be the first nation in the G-7 to issue a sovereign sukuk bond--that is, if Britain doesn't get there first.

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One of the union's first targets will be China's planned sovereign bond issue in November.

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