A suspect in a McKeesport assault and carjacking crashed on Route 30 in North Versailles on Thursday afternoon after failing to stop for an Allegheny County sheriff’s deputy, according to the ...

(But not this year.) Still, whether you’re age 20 or 70, you’ll want at least some exposure to bond ETFs in your portfolio for the long run. That is, unless you can stomach a potentially big ...

Enter the high yield bond fund—an investment option that promises impressive cash flow, a relatively high degree of price stability and instant diversification. Although sometimes called “junk ...

The quick answer to this question is that a stripped bond (or "strip bond") is a bond that has had its main components broken up into a zero-coupon bond and a series of coupon payments.

If you’re interested in receiving relatively higher yields — and don’t mind taking on some extra risk — high-yield bond funds, also known as “junk” bond funds, may be an asset class to ...

MCKEESPORT — The size and speed of the McKeesport Tigers was too much for the Indians to handle as Indiana fell, 54-0, Friday night. The Tigers used chunk plays to roll to an impressive victory ...

Something unusual is going on in European bond markets. A fortnight ago the yield on French ten-year government debt surpassed that of Spain, suggesting investors see the euro zone’s second ...

Low-risk, inflation-linked I bonds may be worth considering. Interest earned in the previous six months is added to the bond’s principal. The Treasury sets new I bond interest rates in May and ...

Open market purchases raise bond prices, and open market sales lower bond prices. So, open market operations (OMOs) affect bond prices. Interest rates are negatively related to bond prices.

U.S. Treasuries had another volatile showing on Friday, reversing their early losses in reaction to a dismal jobs report for October, which showed much weaker-than-expected nonfarm payroll growth ...

Of course, you can get them just fine today, now that the current I-bond rate is down. The rate is set every six months, in May and November, and is made up of two components. One is based on the ...

inflation reignites and the Federal Reserve has little room to cut interest rates – had largely disappeared as a bond-market talking point in recent months. It only took a blowout payrolls ...