Chapter 8: Bonds Research Assignment

Bonds Research Assignment

For this assignment, we will be doing a bit of diverse research on bonds. You will need to find a resource for bond quotes. Unlike stock quotes, free and reliable bond quotes are more difficult to find. Below is a link to one such web site. Also below are two links to web sites that offer composite bond quotes that you can use for question #4. Hope you find the research interesting!

Note: The current volatility has affected not only the stock market but also the bond market. If you follow the link in the assignment sheet to Fidelity's bond quote website, you will see that Fidelity is warning their customers that  during the current "extreme market conditions," bond quotes are not to be trusted and that it is likely that the price you actually receive when you buy or sell might be far away from what you expected to receive.

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Audio Commentary Links to an external site. - Document Links to an external site.

FINRA Bond Search Page Links to an external site.   (Be sure to watch or listen to the presentation below on how to use the FINRA Bond Search Page. It ain't particularly easy..)
Presentation: Video Links to an external site. - Audio Links to an external site.

Composite Bond Rates from Fidelity Links to an external site.   (Can be used for problem #4.)
Wall Street Journal Bond Rates Links to an external site.   (Also shows yield curve which we discuss in chapter 10.)
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Bond Research Links to an external site.   (Great resource for researching about bonds in aggregate (but no individual bond quotes)

Due: First 8 Weeks: March 15^th ‒ Second 8 Weeks: May 17^th