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| Subject: investment grade bonds A bond is considered investment grade or IG if its credit rating is BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor’s or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s or BBB(low) or higher by DBRS. Generally they are bonds that are judged by the rating agency as likely enough to meet payment obligations that banks are allowed to invest in them. (Wikipedia Jan 2010) US Bonds Q2 2006 By John Schroy, on September 7th, 2006 |  One comment  The graph suggests that from a long-term perspective, corporate bond yields in recent months have been flattening out to match the reduction in growth of the trade deficit, rather than moving along with Federal Reserve short-term interest rates. Consistent with a leveling of the rate of increase in the US trade deficit in 2006, the price of investment grade corporate bonds has been holding steady. September 7th, 2006 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: investment grade bonds | Category: US Bonds | One comment |  Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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