| Researchers Explain Benefits of Global Bond Markets Allocation | | Researchers from Vanguard say an investment that includes the bonds of all markets and issuers would theoretically benefit from the greater number of issues, securities, and markets, and their imperfect correlations through time, but they stress the importance of hedging against currency risk.
Read more > | | | Investment Products and Services Launches | | Vanguard Creates World Bond ETF, and Barrow Hanley Introduces Bank Loan Investment Strategy.
Read more > | | | Market Mirror | | Thursday, the Dow closed 75.05 points (0.30%) lower at 24,811.76, the NASDAQ was down 1.53 points (0.02%) at 7,424.43, and the S&P 500 decreased 5.53 points (0.20%) to 2727.76. The Russell 2000 was virtually unchanged at 1,628.22, and the Wilshire 5000 closed 53.04 points (0.19%) lower at 28,391.12.
The price of the 10-year Treasury note was up 6/32, decreasing its yield to 2.972%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond increased 18/32, bringing its yield down to 3.124%.
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