Industrial revenue bonds (IRB) are municipal debt securities issued by a government agency on behalf of a private sector company and intended to build or acquire factories or other heavy equipment ...

Savings bonds are a secure and low-risk investment option typically offering a fixed interest rate over a specified period David Gregory is an editor with more than a decade of experience in the ...

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skynesher / Getty Images When investors buy a bond, they essentially lend money to the issuing entity. The bond is a promise to repay its face value—the amount loaned—with an additional ...

The market for bonds sold to support the environment in some way has continued to expand and mature. Today, a growing ...

Beijing to investors: Stop bidding up our bonds. It’s making us look bad. In recent weeks, bond traders have been piling into the perceived safety of Chinese government bonds, driving an epic ...

Balancing risk and reward. It’s a common conundrum that investors face. With high-yield bond funds, also known as “junk” bond funds, you tend to receive relatively higher yields because ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Green bonds” have shrugged off the broader anti-ESG backlash, with a record-smashing $385bn of ...

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A potential FDA proposal would label Goldfish “medium” in saturated fat and sodium. (The placement and size of any U.S. label has yet to be determined.) The same product would bear stop-sign ...