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Stranded — Puerto Rico in debt

Puerto Rico faces $422 million interest payment on bonds

by Andy Uhler
Apr 28, 2016
The territory is deep in debt and with an upcoming payment deadline, citizens are feeling the strain.
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Stranded — Puerto Rico in debt

Would a Puerto Rico default hurt all municipal bonds?

by Andy Uhler
Apr 26, 2016
Puerto Rico is threatening to default on the most highly secured type of bond, the general obligation bond
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As cigarette sales shrink, so do tobacco settlement payouts to states

by Jed Kim
Apr 15, 2016
Critics say not enough of the money goes to smoking prevention programs.
States are seeing about a 4.5 percent decrease in settlement payments from the tobacco industry each year.
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Final Note

Japan's bonds are worth basically nothing — or less

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 8, 2016
You can make less than half a percent over 30 years for loaning the government money.
A man looks at a screen showing global stock market information on the street in Tokyo on August 25, 2015. 
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The year of the shrinking bond yield

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jan 20, 2016
Thanks to a roiled stock market, Treasury notes are yielding less for investors
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Yields on the 10-year T-note fall below 2 percent

by Tobin Low
Jan 20, 2016
Wait, but what is that again?
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The financial innovation of David Bowie

by David Brancaccio
Jan 11, 2016
Not just an artistic risk taker, Bowie was innovative with his intellectual property.
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Corporations cashing in on cheap debt while they can

by Kimberly Adams
Nov 10, 2015
U.S. companies raised more than $800 billion in corporate bonds so far this year.
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Why China is selling our treasury bonds

by Andy Uhler
Oct 13, 2015
The same data show the Chinese are privately investing in American bonds.
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Why you should care about the yield curve

by Paddy Hirsch
Sep 9, 2015
It reflects what investors think will happen to the economy.
Think of the yield curve in terms of "Chutes and Ladders"
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