Bonds
Britishnoun
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Appeared in the October 16, 2026, print edition as 'NYC Comptroller Defends Decision On Israeli Bonds'.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Bonds with ratings deep in junk territory at the CCC level — a low rung of junk — recently have sold off sharply.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Bonds come with letter grades from credit-rating firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Bonds that mature in 20 to 30 years could offer competitive returns if equity market returns cool.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Bonds backed by floating-rate mortgages received higher ratings than bonds backed by fixed-rate ones—which was why the percentage of subprime mortgages with floating rates had risen, in the past five years, from 40 to 80.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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