The higher cost of servicing the debt gives Trump less room to maneuver with the federal budget as he seeks income tax cuts.

Investors looking for stability often turn to the fixed-income market, seeking out the best bond funds and bond ETFs to buy. This is because these debt securities are often much less volatile than ...

Scotiabank analyst Ben Isaacson maintained a Buy rating on Sociedad Quimica Y Minera SA (SQM – Research Report) today and set a price target of ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has dusted off his golf clubs in an attempt to forge a bond ...

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Hefei National Center for Physical Sciences at Microscale, Key Laboratory of Precision and Intelligent Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of ...

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 ...

After trials showed that supplements of iodine could prevent goitre, iodised salt was rolled out commercially in 1924, starting in grocery stores in Michigan. By the 1940s, the goitre belt had ...

Michael M. Santiago / Staff / Getty Images Stocks provide greater return potential than bonds, but with greater volatility along the way. Bonds are issued and sold as a "safe" alternative to the ...

With strategists and investors warning of outsized swings no matter the outcome of the US presidential vote, a measure of bond volatility closed on Monday at the highest in more than a year.

The rule says it is impossible for these compounds to have a double bond connected to the carbon at the junction between the rings because the bond would have to be twisted and bent far outside ...

While many of us might be familiar with iodine’s association with our thyroid, it might surprise you to know that this essential mineral also has an effect on the female hormone oestrogen.