Famous Quotes & Sayings

People turned their noses up at bonds until last year. They're there to stabilize your portfolio.

The team is looking forward to this trip. It's a great chance for me to bond with the girls.

The tame retail sales outlook helped the bond market. The market rewarded that with a very strong day. Financials and technology stocks righted themselves. We're on the cusp of taking out some important resistance levels.

The thing that's weighing on the stock market is the bond market, ... That's because bond investors are convinced the party in the economy is getting too boisterous, the (Federal Reserve's) going to come in and take the punch bowl away, and I think that might keep stocks under wraps here.

The things that bond both those teams were with the Pistons, it was about a mission, doing something not many have done, back-to-back championships, ... They know when you win once. They remember when you win twice. We were bonded by that goal. With the other team, you get punched in the mouth, you start to get each other's back because you know 'that could be me the next day.'

It seems the stock market is more tuned to the bond market now than it has been in the past several months. As soon as we got oriented towards the bond market, all this economic data increased in significance.

It's easier to get things done when you have an ISD. People are more willing to vote on tax increases, on bond issues, because they know their tax increases are going to their kids at their high school.

They're clearly linked, the bonds and his re-election prospects. The unknown is whether people who were uncomfortable with him last year but who were comfortable with him before will decide for a second time if they trust him and want him to lead.

They're getting into a range where, with no risk, their returns are competitive with long-term returns of bonds and equities that are higher, but are much more volatile.

They realize they have to bond together as 24 other players in support of one another, and Barry's going to do his own thing. But they know that when he does, they win and they all benefit.

Hugh Johnson

There's been a great deal of turmoil, ... There's widespread bond market pessimism and at the other side of the equation, there's too much stock market optimism.

There's been a flow of funds from U.S. bonds to gold, and that is providing support for the market.

There's concern for how the stock market has done recently. I do think bond traders have their eye on the stock market.

Ed Orgeron

I've never said that (to a prospect). We handle those things on an individual basis. That's just the way I feel. I feel strong in the bonds we build during recruiting.

Butch Vig

I've seen all of the movies. I'm an old-school Bond fan. Sean Connery is our band's favorite Bond. Shirley feels a kinship with him because they're both from Scotland.

It's an investment, ... Some people do stocks and bonds - we do toys.

Rick Yune

It's a rare thing when a father and son can share the same experience. My father and I have seen all 19 Bond films together, two or three times.

It reduces the rate of return on that $6.5 trillion hiding in money-market accounts. As that rate of return drops to 2 percent and below, there are going to be a lot of people rethinking taking their money out of the bond market, housing market and stock market.

George Herbert

Of a new Prince, new bondage.

Your loyalty is more naturally to your teammates and coaches. If you've been around a few years like me, you develop a bond with the city and the whole concept of a franchise. But that's hard for a lot of guys to do these days.

Your bond rating is not so high, and you have a lot of government workers. That's not a good thing for us.

Government bonds many investors like because they are the 100 percent safe investment. You never call an investment guaranteed, but if the U.S. government doesn't pay off its bonds, that's gonna be the least of our worries.

Barry Bonds

Go to the Empire State Building and jump off, commit suicide and people can say, 'Barry Bonds is finally dead.' Except for in San Francisco. I'll leave something for them.

Gary Matthews

All the pitchers that you see, I guarantee you that when they find out Bonds is not in the lineup, they feel a whole lot better. He not only changes the complexion of your team by making it better, he's changed the whole league.

The market thinks the note issue is slightly positive for Hutchison because it will help the company raise funds for third-generation mobile-phone ventures in Europe and the conversion price of the bonds is at a very good premium on the Vodafone share price,

The markets so far have been unable to build on yesterday's gains, and right now are being held hostage by the bond market. But we are seeing some strength in semiconductors, energy stocks and some of the metals companies.

The market is trading very defensively. That is putting downward pressure on bond prices.

The market's expecting the ECB to prepare us for a rate increase this quarter and that will keep bonds under pressure.

The markets are fixated by the upcoming Fukui comments today. He will probably try to get rising long-term bond yields under control. The yen looks weak today.

Jennette McCurdy

I loved shooting 'iGo to Japan' because we got to be outside a lot, and our call times were really late because we had so many night scenes. It was pouring rain, so the cast would huddle together in between takes and drink hot chocolate. Shooting that episode was such a great bonding experience.

The market is readying itself for a 50-basis-point rate increase. Shorter-term issues are reflecting that, while longer-dated bonds are gaining on expectations that next week's refunding announcement will be positive.

The market is keen to see that evidence of stronger growth and inflation is confirmed in economic data. Uncertainty over that might help the bond market given we've had a big drop already this year.

The employment report will make or break the bond market this week. Until you start to see moderation on the employment front, you're not going to see much of a slowdown in the economy.