Corporate Bonds

Archive for July, 2005

Question: where would I get historical data for S&P 500 index, US small stock, corporate and government bonds, T-Bills?

Answer: Link to historical returns for stocks, t-bills and T bonds since 1928

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~adamodar/New_Home_Page/datafile/histretSP.html

For the S&P, go to http://finance.yahoo.com and click on the S&P index listed on the left side. Once it comes up, click on "Max" under the chart. A new chart will come up graphing the S&P back to 1955. At the bottom of that page is a link to "Historical Pricing". You can select any date range you like and look at the pricing by day, week, month, or dividend basis.
This same feature is available for most stocks and indexs.

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Question: all of the following are characteristics of Corporate Bonds EXCEPT?

A. you buy them at a minimum value of 5000
B. Represent debt to a private corporation
C. you can purchase them from a stockbroker
D. Have no tax advantages

Answer: Good Luck

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