Shorter-Dated Bonds Slip.

The article reports that the volume of U.S. traded short-term Treasury bonds declined on November 23, 2007 in the wake of increases in stock market gains. This erases the notion that government securities are riskless money market investment. But trading was observed to be slow and densely attended due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Still the benchmark 10-year note added 3/32 to yield 4.012%.