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...government would have to borrow immense sums to fund the benefits without raising the real interest rate above three percent. The plan relies on further increases in returns and additional infusions of corporate tax revenue, but our generation should not have to rely on the aid of the bond market...
LOST CHECK? If you are missing a pension payment, it may be owing to mismanagement at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Last week Senators Charles Grassley and Kit Bond held hearings to determine why the agency, which has been charged with underwriting retiree pensions, allowed some serious missteps. Some former Pan Am workers received misinformation about the very existence of their benefits, and one woman received a half-million-dollar payment in error. Having trouble with a PBGC account? Call...
...spite of the vicious rivalry between Harvard and Yale, both teams now share one common bond: last-minute defeats at the hands of Cornell on its home turf...
...easiest way to own bonds is through a fund, though individual bonds are a better deal for folks with more than $100,000 to invest. Individual bonds mature, and you get your money back in addition to the regular interest payments you received during their life. Like some old friends, bond funds never mature. When you sell, you get the market value of bonds in the fund. The best bond funds to buy have an above-average five-year record and below-average expenses...
...yield on marginal investments--the last and most speculative dollars sunk into a venture. Lindsey's scenario: "The marginal investment yields a rate of return which is below the rate demanded by the markets. All of a sudden these investments don't look so good. A few bond issues fail. The economy can be going along just fine, and all of a sudden this hits, and you get a possible recession...