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...Bond traders can be a perverse group. A whiff of economic recovery had Wall Street pushing bond yields skyward (and prices downward) even before last week's report that GDP grew at a surprisingly strong annual rate of 2.4% in the second quarter. Now even stronger growth is widely expected the rest of this year. Since the middle of June, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond has surged to nearly 4.5% from 3.1%--a staggering reversal that is shutting down mortgage refinancings and forcing up business borrowing costs. If the trend persists much longer, these higher rates...
...bond-market slump pushed the average 30year fixed-rate mortgage to 5.94% last week, up from an all-time low of 5.21% in June. Home buyers need to recalculate how posh a place they can afford. "Are you ready for an increased monthly payment?" asks Anthony Hsieh, CEO of HomeLoanCenter.com...
Philips' 1.3-megapixel camera (64 MB or 128 MB) weighs in at 1.2 oz. It may be light on options, but it's every bit the James Bond spy cam your camera phone wishes it could be. --By Wilson Rothman
...hobbits. That was the strategy of Larry Probst, CEO of video-games giant Electronic Arts, based in Redwood City, Calif. As each new generation of console hardware makes video games look more like movies, Probst wanted to snap up franchises with repeated success at the multiplex--like James Bond, Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings--and put them to work in the virtual arena...
Kahan recommends preferred shares (yielding 6% to 8%) of bank companies, including Fleet Financial and HSBC, and of real estate investment trusts, including Vornado Realty and Health Care Properties. He likes junk-bond mutual funds, including Columbia High Yield and Northeast Investors. He also favors short-maturity bond funds (which yield just north of 1%) like Vanguard Short-Term Bond. Bank CDs are another alternative to money-market funds. Keep a mix of CDs that come due in three, six, 12 and 18 months. You can get 2% on a three-year CD, but you'll run the risk...