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Several charts and tables are presented which provide information related to market gauges in New York as of June 22, 2013 including the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, stock market indexes, and government bond.

The swift rally in stock markets this year caught everyone's attention. But with far less fanfare, a frenzy has been taking place in the market for corporate bonds. When credit markets practically shut down last year, businesses had to pay huge premiums to raise money from investors, offering returns of 10 to 20 percent to anyone who would buy a company's debt. Now, investors are the ones paying higher prices as they race back into the bond markets, where companies and governments go to raise money for new projects and mergers, and to finance their daily operations. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the effects of the rise and fall of stock prices in any Asian market on global finances. It states that the 9% fall of the Shanghai Stock Exchange in Shanghai, China, was due to investors opting for safer options like the U.S. Treasury Bonds. Higher return is the reason stated for investors investing in emerging markets and corporate bonds. It reflects on the effects of a loss in the dollar against the yen, on the risk based investments of pension and hedge funds.