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In the article, the author discusses the economic changes due to factors like inflation and the reversal of ultra-easy monetary policies by central banks. Other topics include the decline in the number of negative-yielding corporate bonds, the drop in the real yields of long-dated government bonds in the euro zone, and the performance of high-yield corporate bonds in the U.S. and emerging-market corporate debt.

The article discusses the concerns of H2O, a fund manager based in London, England, over the liquidity mismatch created by intermediaries in Europe. According to H2O, government and big-company bonds are far less liquid. Investors were worried about the illiquid bonds in question even though they were issued by companies connected to German financier Lars Windhorst.

The article discusses European Central Bank (ECB) has announced an emergency asset- purchase scheme that would buy funds in government and corporate bonds on March 18, 2020 due to the Coronavirus. It mentions that the new scheme of ECB will cover Greek sovereign bonds; and also mentions that central bankers are also well aware of another, less happy, link between monetary and coordinated fiscal policy.

The article discusses the impact of the automated buying and selling corporate bonds. It mentions that over four-fifths of trading in corporate bonds in U.S. are still conducted in person with a dealer or over the phone. The article mentions that electronic bond-trading was initially limited to trading of American Treasuries but now has allowed investors access to a basket of bonds, according to electronic-trading platform Tradeweb.

The article looks at the fixed income, currencies, and commodities (FICC) component of investment banking, as of 2013, noting the area includes trading in government securities, issuing and trading corporate bonds, and foreign currency trading. It says FICC has grown as a share of investment banks' revenue and discusses factors putting downward pressure of FICC profit margins, including the advent of electronic bond-trading networks and the regulation of derivatives.

The article focuses on the southeast Asian bond market in 2015 and factors which could impact bond performance. It states from 2005-2014 the annual bond issuance for southeastern Asian nations grew from 38 billion to 109 billion dollars while corporate bond issuance grew from 20 billion to 78 billion dollars. It mentions factors behind the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998 which was caused by a strengthening U.S. dollar and speculates on the impact increased U.S. interest rates will have.

The article looks at corporate finance, focusing on corporate bonds. It reports on the large September 2013 bond issue by telecommunications company Verizon Communications, noting it was aimed at financing the company's acquisition of the remaining stake in its wireless business, and offers statistics on the overall volume of corporate bond issues in January-August 2013. Topics include yields on corporate versus government bonds and bond market liquidity.

The article examines government securities prices. Yields on U.S. Treasury bonds are at historic lows of less than one percent as investors have sought a safe haven during the financial crisis. Government securities yields have begun to rise in early 2009, however, as the spread between those rates and the returns offered by stock dividends and corporate bonds grew to levels of over 3 percent.

The article presents information on the U.S. financial market. It is noted that compared with Treasury bonds, yields on corporate debt have shot up to levels not seen since before the 1987 stockmarket crash or, before that, the 1930s depression. In part, corporate bonds look so cheap because Treasury bonds are in short supply and hence so dear. It is informed that mutual funds that specialise in corporate bonds have done badly of late.

The article reports on problems faced by corporate-bond investors in Europe. Compared with government bonds, corporate bonds fared badly in 1999, and this year they have done worse. Corporate-bond investors' most recent problems started in Britain. The government has been running a surplus, and is therefore issuing fewer bonds. Due to this, longer-dated bonds yield has become a lot less than shorter-dated ones.