This is a discussion post so pretty brief:
This week’s material covers two very important securities in finance–bonds and stocks. Our task will be to try to determine what is happening currently in bond and stock markets. You will have two tasks:
1. Find an article in a recent newspaper or business publication (within the last month) that discusses something concerning the bond market. This can be information on current bond values, current interest rates and Fed monetary policy, the global debt situation, the U.S. budget situation and its basis in debt funding, etc.. You should use nationally recognized sources for this article, such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Business Week, etc. Identify the source of your information and provide a link. Describe and discuss the main points of this article and how this information could be useful to a financial manager.
2. Do the same for stocks–i.e., find an article about what is happening in the stock market. Again, identify your source and provide a link; describe and discuss the main points of this article; relate this information to the course.
