Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Japan's Bonds Rise as Stock Slump Boosts Investor Demand for Fixed Income

(Bloomberg) -- Japan's bonds rose as falling stocks
and losses at hedge funds run by Bear Stearns Cos. prompted
investors to seek the relative safety of government debt.

``Concerns that subprime problems will slow the U.S. housing
market haven't been fully erased yet,'' said Naomi Hasegawa, a
senior debt strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co. in Tokyo,
the third-largest buyer at debt auctions. ``Along with declines
in stocks, that will probably help fuel demand for bonds.''


Read more at Bloomberg Bonds News

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