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What is a credit rating?

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Keywords: liabilities, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), bonds, risk premium, Standard and Poor's, Moody's, Fitch, Equifax, Experian, TransUnion, surety bond, NRSRO, Credit Rating Agencies (CRA), insurance contracts,

What is a Bank Guarantee?

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Keywords: insurance, international trade, letter of credit, banker's acceptances, surety, bank guarantee,

What is a Bond?

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Keywords: investments, fixed income, leverage, bonds, corporate and municipal debt, investment basics,

AAA/Aaa — credit rating

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Keywords: bonds, default risk, credit rating, S&P, Moody's, Fitch, ratings agencies,

What is a Callable Bond?

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Keywords: interest rates, bonds, debt, bond, callable,

What is a Convertible Bond?

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Keywords: equity, Stock, bond, interest rate, convertible securities,

What is a Bond Coupon?

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Keywords: interest rates, bonds, bond, bond coupons, coupon payments, investment basics,

What is an Inverted Yield Curve?

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Keywords: treasury bonds, price to yield, flight to safety,

What are Bond Ratings?

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Keywords: bankruptcy, fixed income, bonds, 2008, Standard and Poor's, Moody's, Fitch, AAA-rating, Enron, American International Group (AIG), BBB, investment basics, bond ratings,

What Percentage and What Kind of Bonds Should I Have in My Portfolio?

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Keywords: fixed income, asset allocation, bonds, high yield, investment basics,

A/A2 — credit rating

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Keywords: bankruptcy, default risk, S&P, risk premium, Moody's, Fitch, investment grade bonds, upper middle investment grade,

What is the Bond Market?

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Keywords: mutual funds, bonds, asset-backed securities, high yield bonds, Hedge Funds, banking institutions, primary and secondary markets, pension funds, bond prices,

What is a Bond Ladder?

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Keywords: risk, bonds, income, bond ladder, interest rate, coupon payments, bond portfolio strategy,

What is an Income Bond?

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Keywords: bankruptcy, bonds, coupon payments, corporate bonds, junk bonds, high yield bonds, cumulative frequency,

What Types of Bonds Are There?

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Keywords: investments, fixed income, bonds, corporate bonds, junk bonds, high yield bonds, treasury notes, munis, investment basics,

Who is a Bond Trustee?

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Keywords: Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), fiduciary, bond indenture, administration, arbitration, trustee account,

What is Bond Yield?

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Keywords: secondary market, risk free rate, debt issues, required yield, current yield, yield to maturity, distribution yield, 30-day SEC yield, coupon rate, nominal yield, bond spread, bond yield,

What is Bond Insurance?

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Keywords: insurance, default risk, asset-backed securities, corporate bonds, risk free rate, risk premium, treasury bonds, coupon rate, nominal yield, Credit Rating Agencies (CRA), municipal bonds, Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO),

What is a Corporate Bond?

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Keywords: interest rates, debt, corporate bonds,

What is a Zero Coupon Bond?

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Keywords: interest rates, bonds, zero-coupon bond,

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