While the original bond maturity was 10 years from the transaction, the average bond was retired in 21 months from the transaction date, and all bonds were retired within 28 months.
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At room temperature, 298 K, the average bond lengths for Fe ( 1 ) at 2.17 ?and Fe ( 3 ) at 2.15 ? are typical for HS Fe II.
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The average closed-end stock fund trades at a 7 . 5 percent discount to NAV and the average bond fund is priced at a 6 . 8 percent discount, Lipper Analytical reported.
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The higher earnings multiple is warranted when the lower-than-average bond yield is taken into consideration, said Philip Orlando, chief investment strategist at Value Line Asset Management, with $ 7 billion in assets.
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"It's been good year for closed-end fund investors because the average U . S . equity fund was up 27 . 5 percent and the average bond fund was up 21 . 5 percent,"
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The higher earnings multiple is warranted when the lower than average bond yield is taken into consideration, said Philip Orlando, chief investment strategist at Value Line Asset Management, with $ 7 billion in assets.
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Stock funds gained an average 8.03 percent in May, exceeding the 6.08 percent rise of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, while the average bond fund advanced 1.19 percent on a total-return basis, Micropal reported.
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Similarly, when the bond market dropped to a level where the average bond fund investor was losing money in late February 1994, people bailed out the funds and they suffered through 12 months of redemptions, Bianco said.
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In the first quarter of 1987, U . S . bond yields began to rise after the U . S . Federal Reserve raised its key discount rate, while the four-country average bond yield continued to decline.
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In the first three months of 1997, the average domestic stock fund lost 1.7 percent of its value, according to Morningstar Inc ., the fund tracking company in Chicago, while the average bond fund dropped 0.3 percent.
