Features Archive
Article Title	Article Source	Archive Date
MOODY'S REVIEWING MORGAN STANLEY FOR DOWNGRADE	Business Week	6/30/08
PAULSON, BERNANKE ON HILL NEXT WEEK TO TALK FINANCIAL RULES	Wall Street Journal Blogs	6/30/08
N.Y. COURT TOSSES KEY CLAIMS AGAINST NYSE'S GRASSO	USA Today	6/25/08
CALIFORNIA AG SUES COUNTRYWIDE OVER MORTGAGE LENDING PRACTICES	Biz Journals	6/25/08
HARVARD STUDY PREDICTS LONG RETURN TO HEALTHY HOUSING MARKET	Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal	6/25/08
HOUSE REPUBLICANS ASSAIL HOUSING RESCUE	ABC News	6/25/08
AMERICAS' LOSS OF CONFIDENCE: WORSE EVEN THAN IT LOOKS	Los Angeles Times	6/25/08
FED LEAVES U.S. INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED	International Herald Tribune	6/25/08
RATING AGENCIES TO FACE EU LEGISLATION	China Post	6/17/08
MOODY'S DOWNGRADES GMAC	CNN Money	6/16/08
LEHMAN BROTHERS POSTS $2.87 BILLION Q2 LOSS	NDTV	6/16/08
LEHMAN EMPLOYEES LOST $10 BILLION	Washington Post	6/14/08
LEHMAN MAY STILL HAVE UNRECOGNIZED LOSSES, EINHORN SAYS	MarketWatch	6/9/08
BONDS SOUND DIVERSE ALARMS	Wall Street Journal	6/9/08
FED CHIEF SIGNALS END TO RATE CUTS	New York Times	6/3/08
BROKEN JIMMY CAYNE TO HAND OVER BEAR STEARNS REINS	Telegraph	5/28/08
UBS MOVES TO RAISE $15 BILLION	New York Times	5/22/08
MORTGAGE CRISIS SEEPS TO PRIME LOANS	USA TODAY	5/9/08
REBALANCING: LET YOUR BROKER DO HEAVY LIFTING	U.S. News and World Report	5/7/08
BUILDING A PORTFOLIO WITH STAYING POWER	Forbes	5/1/08
FED CUTS RATES TO 2 PERCENT	AFP	4/30/08
WALL STREET, RUN AMOK	New York Times	4/27/08
COUNTRYWIDE'S MOZILO REAPED $132 MILLION AS MORTGAGE LENDER GOT HAMMERED	Los Angeles Times	4/25/08
LENDER WOES HURT GM DEBT OUTLOOK	Houston Chronicle	4/25/08
WACHOVIA PLANS $7B REFINANCING AFTER MORTGAGE LOSSES BALLOON	The Independent	4/15/08
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY MUNICIPAL BOND INSURER WINS TOP S&P RATING	Insurance Journal	4/14/08
LINES 'N THINGS EXPECTED TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY TUESDAY	AllHeadlines	4/12/08
BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS COUNTERPARTY RATING CUT TO 'BB/B'	Forbes	4/9/08
IMF: $1 TRILLION IN SUBPRIME LOSSES	New York Post	4/9/08
HENRY PAULSON UNVEILS BANK REGULATION PLAN	The Telegraph	3/31/08
BEAR STEARNS STAFF FACE REALITY OF BUYOUT	FT	3/25/08
JP MORGAN QUADRUPLES BEAR STEARNS BID TO $10	Providence Business News	3/24/08
JAMES CAYNE RISKS LAWSUIT AS HE SEEKS COUNTER-OFFER FOR BEAR STEARNS	Times Online	3/20/08
HOME FORECLOSURES HIT RECORD HIGH	FinalCall.com News	3/19/08
IT'S BONDHOLDERS VS. STOCKHOLDERS IN A RACE TO BUY BEAR STEARNS STOCK	New York Times	3/19/08
BEAR STEARNS AS SACRIFICIAL LAMB	The Huffington Post	3/17/08
J.P. MORGAN CHASE TO BUY BEAR STEARNS FOR $2 PER SHARE	AFP	3/16/08
JIM ROGERS: 'ABOLISH THE FED'	CNBC	3/12/08
ARE BERNANKE'S BILLIONS ENOUGH?	The Age	3/12/08
BERNANKE CALLS FOR MORTGAGE FORGIVENESS	The Australian	3/6/08
BUFFETT TO BUSH, BERNANKE: WAKE UP, THE RECESSION IS HERE	The Salt Lake Tribune	3/3/08
ROSS TO PUT UP TO $1BLN INTO RIVAL TO AMBAC, MBIA	Reuters	2/29/08
WILBUR ROSS INVESTS IN ASSURED GUARANTY	San Francisco Chronicle	2/29/08
WILBUR ROSS STARTS SAFE	Forbes	2/29/08
CITIGROUP UNDERWROTE $6.9 BILLION OF AMBAC'S MOST TROUBLED CDO'S	Bloomberg	2/29/08
AMBAC SLASHES DIVIDEND, SUSPENDS STRUCTURED FINANCE	Reuters	2/29/08
CERBERUS SAID TO MULL AMBAC INVESTMENT	New York Times Blogs	2/28/08
AMBAC LOOKS TO SPLIT UNITS	Business Spectator	2/19/08
GREENSPAN: US ECONOMY 'ON THE EDGE' OF A RECESSION	CCTV International	2/16/08
MBIA TO CALL ON CONGRESS TO REIN IN ACKMAN	New York Times	2/14/08
WARREN BUFFET OFFERS TO BAIL OUT TOP BOND INSURERS	RTTNews	2/12/08
RATINGS AGENCIES MAY FACE NEW CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST RULES	Boston Globe	2/8/08
RESCUE PLANS WON'T PREVENT DOWNGRADES	Wall Street Journal	2/7/08
BANK OF ENGLAND CUTS RATES	Axcess News	2/7/08
STANDARD & POOR'S ENACTING NEW MEASURES TO PREVENT CONFLICTS	International Herald Tribune	2/7/08
BOND INSURERS' WOES A THREAT TO ECONOMY	Philadelphia Inquirer	2/1/08
EIGHT BANKS SEEK RESCUE PLAN FOR BOND INSURERS: CNBC	Ottawa Citizen	2/1/08
BOND INSURER POSTS LOSSES OF US$2.3 BILLION	Malaysia Star	2/1/08
WHY TH E US RATE CUT MAY KILL THE DOLLAR	Rediff News	1/31/08
FED CUTS FURTHER HALF POINT OFF INTEREST RATES	Guardian Unlimited	1/30/08
RATE CUT'S EFFECTS? NOT TILL NEXT YEAR	Indianapolis Star	1/30/08
SOCIETE GENERALE COULD BE THE NEW ENRON	Emirates Business 24/7	1/30/08
A QUEST FOR GLORY AND A BONUS ENDS IN DISGRACE	BlueRidgeNow.com	1/29/08
EXPECTED U.S. RATE CUT BOOSTS LOONIE	Ottawa Business Journal	1/29/08
SOCGEN FRAUD DETAILS LEAVE TRADERS ASTONISHED	Guardian Unlimited	1/28/08
SOCIETE GENERALE UNDER 'SHOCK' AFTER THE CENTURY'S BIGGEST HIT	eFluxMedia	1/27/08
ROGUE TRADER HITS FRENCH BANK WITH STUNNING $7 BILLION LOSS	Kansas City Star	1/24/08
SOROS ACCUSES FED OF PANIC CUT	Financial Times	1/23/08
FED CUTS RATES 75 BASIS POINTS IN EMERGENCY MOVE	MarketWatch	1/22/08
BUSH CALLS FOR $140 BILLION US TAX-STIMULAS PACKAGE	Canwest News Service	1/19/08
MORE SMOKE AND MIRRORS AT MERRILL LYNCH	Seeking Alpha	1/18/08
CITIGROUP FALLS TO 1998 LEVELS, RAISES NEW CAPITAL	Guardian Unlimited	1/18/08
MERRILL LYNCH LOST ALMOST $10 BILLION	RTE Business	1/17/08
PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY FILINGS UP 40%, PASS 800,000	Chicago Tribune	1/4/08
SUBPRIME WOES LEAD TO STATE STREET EXIT	Financial Times	1/4/08
FITCH REVISES STATE STREET'S OUTLOOK TO NEGATIVE ON RESERVE CHARGE	Fox Business	1/3/08
HUGE JUMP IN US HOUSING DEFAULTS	Brisbane Times	1/2/08
NEW HOME SALES REACH LOWEST POINT IN MORE THAN A DECADE	Multi-Housing News	12/28/07
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY TO LAUNCH BOND INSURER	AFP	12/28/07
OCTOBER HOME PRICES POST RECORD DECLINE	Forbes	12/26/07
CREDIT CARD DEBT CLIMBS WORLDWIDE	ConsumerAffairs.com	12/25/07
RUSSIA TO KEEP OIL WEALTH IN BONDS	Gulf News	12/25/07
A GOOD BET FOR BOND LOVERS	Barrons	12/23/07
REFORMING THE RATINGS AGENCIES	Barrons	12/23/07
MERRILL NEGOTIATES $5 BILLION FROM TEMASEK AS SUB-PRIME LOSSES MOUNT	Banking Times	12/21/07
FITCH - AMBAC NEEDS $1 BILLION IN CAPITAL	Houston Chronicle	12/21/07
MBIA-INSURED BONDS PUT ON NEGATIVE CREDIT WATCH	Yahoo Finance	12/21/07
CHRYSLER CEO: 'WE'RE OPERATIONALLY BANKRUPT'	CNN Money	12/21/07
MBIA SHARES PLUNGE ON SUB-PRIME BOND RISK	Times Online, UK	12/21/07
WILL FED MOVE TO CURB RISKY LENDING?	Newsday	12/19/07
MORGAN STANLEY MAKES FIRST-EVER LOSS	Guardian Unlimited	12/19/07
S&P CUTS CREDIT RATING ON DOZENS OF MUNICIPAL BONDS IN CALIFORNIA	San Francisco Chronicle	12/19/07
S&P PUTS MORGAN STANLEY RATINGS ON WATCH	Houston Chronicle	12/19/07
MOODY'S WARNS ON RATINGS OF FOUR BOND INSURERS	Boston Globe	12/17/07
BERNANKE WILL SOON OVERSHADOW GREENSPAN	Nashua Telegraph	12/16/07
BERNANKE CREATES FRUSTRATION	New York Post	12/16/07
TIPS OR I BOND?	StockHouse	12/16/07
WARNING SIGNS OF A RECESSION FLASH IN US BOND MARKET	Gulf News	12/15/07
ANTI-BERNANKE SENTIMENT BUILDS ON WALL STREET	U.S. News & World Report	12/13/07
MOODY'S MAY RAISE EDS' RATINGS	Dallas Morning News	12/11/07
FED MAKES QUARTER-POINT CUT, LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR MORE EASING	AFP	12/11/07
CITIGROUP NAMES PANDIT CEO, BISCHOFF CHAIRMAN	Guardian Unlimited	12/11/07
A VOLUNTARY FREEZE ON 'TEASERS'	Cincinnati Post	12/7/07
MOODY'S DOWNGRADES CITI'S SUBPRIME DEALS	CNNMoney	12/7/07
SECRETARY HENRY M. PAULSON'S STATEMENT: DEC. 6, 2007	Business Week	12/6/07
PAULSON SAYS TREASURY CLOSE TO DEAL TO HELP STRUGGLING HOMEOWNERS	Forbes.com	12/3/07
CITIGROUP PAYS JUNK RATE TO KEEP DIVIDEND AFTER MORTGAGE LOSSES	Bloomberg.com	11/27/07
S&P REVIEW BOND INSURERS	CNN Money	11/26/07
ABU DHABI BECOMES ONE OF CITIGROUP'S BIGGEST SHAREHOLDERS	AFP	11/26/07
PROFIT FROM THE CREDIT CRUNCH	Telegraph	11/16/07
JOHN THAIN ON HIS NEW JOB AS CEO OF MERRILL LYNCH	Business Week	11/16/07
MERRILL LYNCH LOOKS GOOD WITH THAIN AT THE HELM	Seeking Alpha	11/16/07
GOLDMAN DISCLOSES BAD PAPER	New York Post	11/13/07
E*TRADE 'BANKRUPTCY RISK CANNOT BE RULED OUT' SAYS CITIGROUP	Schaeffer's Research	11/12/07
THE PUNDIT WHO BRUISED CITIBANK	Washington Post	11/12/07
COUNTRYWIDE WARNS ON CREDIT DOWNGRADE	MarketWatch	11/12/07
MOODY'S CUTS RATINGS ON SOME COUNTRYWIDE ALT-A BONDS	Reuters	11/6/07
BOND BUYERS ARE LOSING CONFIDENCE	New York Times	11/6/07
FINK TIPPER FOR MERRILL	The New Zealand Herald	11/6/07
CITIGROUPS SUBPRIME EXPLANATION DEFIES BELIEF : JONATHAN WEIL	Bloomberg	11/6/07
CITIGROUP CEO RESIGNS, INTERIM NAMED	KLEW TV	11/4/07
FED VOTES TO CUT INTEREST RATES AGAIN	Consumer Affairs	10/31/07
O'NEAL WAVES GOODBYE WITH $161 MILLION	Globe and Mail	10/31/07
SUBPRIME CRISIS SEALS O'NEALS FATE	Financial Times	10/29/07
DIVERSIFICATION: BONDS VS. CASH	CNN Money	10/26/07
TRADER ALLEGES RBC UNDERVALUED BONDS	ReportonBusiness.com	10/26/07
S&P REDUCES MERRILL LYNCH RATINGS	CNN Money	10/26/07
SHARES OF MERRILL LYNCH JUMP ON REPORT IT TALKED TO WACHOVIA ABOUT A DEAL	International Herald Tribune	10/26/07
STARTLING $8 BILLION LOSS FOR MERRILL LYNCH	Seattle Times	10/26/07
MORTGAGE SECURITY BONDHOLDERS FACING A CUTOFF OF INTEREST PAYMENTS	New York Times	10/22/07
TOP WALL STREET BANKS HAGGLE OVER RESCUE PLAN FOR SIV'S	The Independent	10/16/07
TOP BANKS PLAN $100 BN BAIL-OUT OF SUB-PRIME FUNDS	Times Online	10/15/07
BERNANKE HAS A WARNING FOR WALL STREET	CNNMoney	10/15/07
MORTGAGE SETBACKS SLOW CITIGROUP PROFIT TO 2.4 BLN DLRS	AFP	10/15/07
BUFFET ON BONDS	Motley Fool	10/15/07
ONCE THOUGHT A SURE BET, FED CUT IS UNCERTAIN	USA Today	10/15/07
SOUND INVESTING AND PEACEFUL SLEEP	New York Times	10/14/07
MOODY'S CUTS AVON RATINGS OUTLOOK	Houston Chronicle	10/12/07
FED EXPLAINS THE BIG RATE CUT	CNN Money	10/9/07
FED RATE CUTS UNANIMOUS	BBC News	10/9/07
GM OFFERING 'UNPRECEDENTED' JOB GUARANTEES, RETIRE FUNDS	Toronto Star	9/29/07
UAW LOCAL LEADERS SUPPORT GM DEAL	Detroit Free Press	9/28/07
BOND TRADERS RETREAT TO TWO YEAR NOTES	International Herald Tribune	9/27/07
BOND TRADES TIP A US SLOWDOWN	Sydney Morning Herald	9/25/07
BELL CANADA BONDS DOWNGRADED BY S&P	National Post	9/25/07
HOME SALES THUD TO FIVE YEAR LOW	CNN Money	9/25/07
73,000 WORKERS WALK IN NATIONWIDE GM STRIKE	CNN Money	9/24/07
MARKETS SOAR ON FED CUTS	Business Day	9/19/07
ALAN GREENSPAN RIPS BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND IRAQ WAR IN NEW BOOK	Cleveland Leader	9/14/07
WALL STREET'S TITANS FACE THE MUSIC	CNN Money	9/14/07
BERNANKE SEES RISING GLOBAL RATES	Financial Times	9/11/07
REALTORS GROUP FORESEES 8.6 PERCENT DROP IN EXISTING HOME SALES IN US	International Herald Tribune	9/11/07
MOODY'S: DEFAULTS WILL RISE	CNNMoney	9/11/07
BOND FUND INVESTORS MAY BE IN FOR A SHOCK	New York Times	9/9/07
FRANTIC BUILDER SLASH HOME PRICES	New York Post	9/8/07
BEAZER HOMES RECEIVES PURPORTED NOTICES OF DEFAULT RELATED TO SENIOR NOTES	Business Wire	9/8/07
HOW MARKET TURMOIL WAYLAID THE 'QUANTS'	Wall Street Journal	9/7/07
NEW FORECLOSURE RATE SURGES TO RECORD	NPR	9/6/07
STANDARD & POOR'S PRESIDENT MAKES AN ABRUPT DEPARTURE	The Independent	9/1/07
PUTTING LIPSTICK ON PIGS	Asia Times Online	9/1/07
DON'T BLAME THE RATING AGENCIES	Wall Street Journal	8/31/07
BUSH UNVEILS MODEST MORTGAGE PROPOSAL	Examiner-Houston	8/31/07
CHIEF SAYS FED IS READY TO ACT ON CREDIT CRUNCH	New York Times	8/31/07
BEAR STEARNS HEDGE FUNDS GIVEN 30 DAYS TO REFILE BANKRUPTCY	International Herald Tribune	8/30/07
MOODY'S PRESIDENT SEES UNPRECEDENTED ILLIQUIDITY	Reuters	8/29/07
BARGAIN HUNTERS PUT STOCK IN BONDS	Wall Street Journal	8/27/07
THE FED KEEPS ITS HEAD	Economist.com	8/19/07
HOW MISSED SIGNS CONTRIBUTED TO A MORTGAGE MELTDOWN	New York Times	8/19/07
DIVERSIFIED INVESTMENTS CAN KEEP YOU ABOVE WATER WHEN MARKETS ARE SINKING	MarketWatch	8/15/07
PACK MENTALITY AMONG HEDGE FUNDS FUELS MARKET VOLATILITY	New York Times	8/13/07
U.S., SUBPRIME WOES SPREAD ABROAD	USA Today	8/13/07
BAILOUT OR INJECTION?	Forbes	8/13/07
BERNANKE'S BIND: NO EASY ANSWERS	TheStreet.com	8/10/07
HIDDEN GEMS IN THE JUNK BIN	Barrons	8/5/07
SUBPRIME'S ULTIMATE TIME BOMB?	Barron's	8/5/07
BOSTON SCIENTIFICS'S DEBT WOES DEEPEN	Wall Street Journal	8/4/07
BUSH CONFLICT WITH CONGRESS COULD END UP IN COURT FOR YEARS	Chicago Tribune	8/2/07
FED OFFICIAL SAYS SUBPRIME MESS HASN'T HURT ECONOMY	USA Today	8/2/07
CAN BOND MARKET STAND TO BE EXPOSED?	MSN Money	7/16/07
HOME BUYERS SCARED AWAY	CNNMoney	6/25/07
BEAR STEARNS IN $3.2 BILLION BAILOUT OF FUND	International Herald Tribune	6/23/07
SUBPRIME STORM WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING	USA Today	6/19/07
MAKE A BUCK OFF RISING INTEREST RATES	CNNMoney	6/16/07
TIME'S RIGHT TO TARGET SUPERSAFE INVESTMENTS	Globe and Mail	6/2/07
BALLY TOTAL FITNESS MAY ENTER CHAPTER 11	International Business Times	6/1/07
EX-AIDE CONTRADICTS GONZALES, SAYS HE DISCUSSED RECOLLECTIONS	Seattle Times	5/24/07
MORTGAGE RATES MOVE SHARPLY HIGHER	CNNMoney	5/24/07
WHITE HOUSE TO QUICKLY REPLACE WOLFOWITZ	The Rensselaer Republican	5/18/07
CHRYSLER SALES BEGINS NEW AUTOMOTIVE ERA	Canon City Daily Record	5/17/07
ZETSCHE: DON'T BLAME UAW	Detroit Free Press	5/17/07
IS THERE A STORM COMING IN FOR INTEREST RATES?	Sunday Herald	5/12/07
FED KEEPS INTEREST RATES STEADY, HELPING SAVERS AND BORROWERS	Savannah Morning News	5/10/07
TYCO BONDHOLDERS REJECT $6.6 BILLION BOND TENDER	Bloomberg	5/8/07
TAKEOVER BOOM DRIVES STOCKS, HURTS BONDS	Wall Street Journal	5/7/07
INVESTORS GET THE HEBBIE-JEBBIES ABOUT BBB'S	Wall Street Journal	5/7/07
INVESTORS SHIFTING TO BOND, LARGE-COMPANY FUNDS	Wall Street Journal	5/7/07
BUFFETT: INDEX FUNDS BETTER FOR MOST INVESTORS	Reuters	5/6/07
BOND INVESTORS' LAMENT	Wall Street Journal	5/3/07
SUBPRIME CLOUD OVERSHADOWS S&P, MOODY'S	Wall Street Journal	4/24/07
THIS TIME, RATE HIKES MAY NOT WORK MAGIC ON STOCKS	New York Times	4/15/07
CERBERUS TO PAY $7.4B TO DAIMLERCHRYSLER FOR 80.1 PERCENT OF CHRYSLER	San Diego Tribune	4/14/07
SUBPRIME BAILOUT? $120 BILLION	CNNMoney	4/13/07
STUDENT LOAN PROBE WIDENS	Hartford Courant	4/11/07
DEFAULTS RISE IN NEXT LEVEL OF MORTGAGES	New York Times	4/10/07
CIRCUIT CITY'S PLAN TO FIRE 3400 WILL HAVE RIPPLE EFFECTS	USA Today	4/3/07
MORGAN OFFLOADS NEW CENTURY MORTGAGES	Investment News	3/27/07
NEW CENTURY TOLD TO HALT BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA	Forbes	3/20/07
BERNANKE'S STYLE BUILDS POLITICAL CAPITAL	MSNBC	2/15/07
MORTGAGE DEFAULT RISKS RATTLE BOND INVESTORS	Wall Street Journal	1/26/07
FORD POSTS $5.8 BILLION NET LOSS IN FOURTH QUARTER	Los Angeles Times	1/25/07
GAP'S CEO PRESSLER STEPS DOWN	Brand Week	1/23/07
INVESTING TO HELP ACHIEVE LONG-RUN GOALS	Nevada Appeal	1/21/07
TRIBUNE LOOKING AT OFFERS, MAY PURSUE OWN ACTION	Washington Post	1/21/07
BERNANKE WARNS ACTION NEEDED SOON ON BUDGET	Toronto Star	1/19/07
EX-CENDANT CHIEF GETS 12 1/2-YEAR TERM FOR $3 BILLION FRAUD	Chicago Tribune	1/18/07
BONDS: AN ALTERNATIVE TO STOCKS IN A 2007 SLOWDOWN	MarketWatch	1/1/07
HOUSING SLUMP SEEN WEIGHING ON ECONOMY	Yahoo Finance	1/1/07
YOU REALLY HATE YOUR BONDS, SO WHY NOT DUMP THEM?	USA Today	12/29/06
APPLE TAKES OPTIONS CHARGE, BACKS JOBS IN SEC FILING	E-Commerce News	12/29/06
PUNDITS MISREAD BONDS IN '06 AND THEY'LL FLUB STOCKS IN '07	SmartMoney	12/29/06
S&P CUTS BIG-SPENDING TIMES CREDIT RANK	New York Post	12/27/06
NEW JERSEY ORDERS MUNICIPAL BOND FIRMS TO DISCLOSE SUBPOENAS	Bloomberg	12/27/06
APPLE PROBED ON STOCK OPTIONS	Forbes	12/27/06
TEL AVIV STOCK EXCHANGE TO INSTITUTE NEW INDEX FOR BOND TRADING	Bloomberg	12/25/06
TOYOTA MAY SURPASS GENERAL MOTORS IN 2007 WITH RECORD GLOBAL CAR SALES	The Financial Express	12/22/06
MOODY'S UPGRADES J.C.PENNEY'S OUTLOOK	Business Week	12/21/06
FORD FINALIZES $23.4 BILLION FINANCING PACKAGE	Indianapolis Star	12/15/06
BERNANKE: ECONOMY SLOWING AS EXPECTED	Washington Post	11/28/06
BONDS: FED'S POOLE SKEPTICAL OF RATE FUTURES	International Herald Tribune	11/27/06
FORD UNSECURED DEBT CUT TO 'CCC+'	Forbes	11/27/06
CHRONOLOGY-FORD MOTOR COMPANY CREDIT RATING HISTORY	Reuters	11/27/06
STRUGGLING FORD TO BORROW $18B	News.com.au	11/27/06
MOODY'S AFFIRMS SCHWAB DEBT RATINGS	Houston Chronicle	11/21/06
PAULSON MAKES CASE FOR TOUGHER ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITIES LAWS	Boston Globe	11/21/06
EATON VANCE PICKS RIGHT TIME TO BUY BONDS	The Seattle Times	11/21/06
HOME PRICES FALL MOST IN 36 YEARS	New York Post	11/18/06
FORD POSTS $5.8 BN LOSS IN THIRD QUARTER	Financial Express	10/24/06
SKILLING SENTENCED TO 24 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ENRON FRAUD	Times Online	10/23/06
GRASSO ORDERED TO PAY BACK UP TO $100M	CBS News	10/19/06
PAULSON AIMS TO RESTORE TREASURY'S CLOUT	Washington Post	10/8/06
RENAULT, NISSAN AND GM END ALLIANCE DISCUSSIONS	Times of Malta	10/8/06
FIORINA CALLS HP SCANDAL 'VERY SAD'	The Mercury News	10/8/06
YORK EXIT STUNS GM SHAREHOLDERS	Detroit Free Press	10/7/06
AMARANTH SELLS OFF ASSETS	TheStreet.com	9/29/06
CALIFORNIA HOME SALES TAKE A DIVE IN AUGUST	Long Beach Press-Telegram	9/26/06
TYCOON EBBERS TO BEGIN JAIL TERM	BBC News	9/26/06
IN A TURNAROUND, SLOWING ECONOMY SPURS BOND RALLY	Wall Street Journal	9/26/06
DUNN STEPS DOWN FROM HP BOARD	CIO Magazine	9/25/06
NY FED CHIEF WARNS ON HEDGE FUNDS	MSNBC	9/21/06
FED AGAIN STANDS PAT ON INTEREST RATES	Los Angeles Times	9/21/06
MOODY'S DOWNGRADES PIER 1 RATING	Houston Chronicle	9/21/06
AMARANTH LOSS REFLECTS CONTINUED RISK OF HEDGE FUNDS	US News and World Report	9/20/06
MOODY'S, S&P RAISE RATINGS ON WYNN	Houston Chronicle	9/14/06
HP FACES PROBE AFTER 'SPYING' ON DIRECTOR	Computer Weekly	9/7/06
FORD COURTED CEO IN SECRET	Detroit Free Press	9/7/06
BIG WIN FOR TOBACCO IN $239BN FLORIDA CASE	New Zealand Herald	7/6/06
EXPERTS SEE LAY'S DEATH ERASING CONVICTION	Houston Chronicle	7/6/06
ENRON FOUNDER KENNETH LAY DIES AT 64	Sacramento Bee	7/5/06
BUSINESS PRESSES BERNANKE FOR CLEARER SIGNALS	Financial Times	6/29/06
GREENSPAN'S INFLATION IS BERNANKE'S PROBLEM	American Enterprise Institute	6/29/06
FORD'S A LOAD OF JUNK, ACCORDING TO RATINGS	The Australian	6/28/06
GM MOTORS DEBT RATING CUT FURTHER INTO JUNK	Fox News	6/20/06
BERNANKE MAY KNOW TOO MUCH	The Moscow Times	6/14/06
BUSH TURNS TO WALL STREET FOR HELP	Scripps Howard News Service	5/30/06
ENRON VERDICTS: A WARNING FOR CORPORATE CRIMINALS	Reuters	5/25/06
ENRON PROSECUTERS REEL IN LAY, SKILLING	Houston Chronicle	5/25/06
FANNIE MAE IS FOUND CORRUPT	San Francisco Chronicle	5/24/06
FANNIE MAE PAYS $400MM PENALTY	NBC6	5/23/06
ARE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LOANS GOING TO HURT BANKS?	USA Today	5/18/06
30-YEAR MORTGAGE RATES HIGHEST IN 4 YEARS	Houston Chronicle	5/18/06
PROSECUTOR ASKS ENRON JURORS TO SORT TRUTH FROM LIES	Louisville Courier-Journal	5/18/06
HOW TO PLAY BONDS NOW	CNN Money	5/10/06
ECONOMISTS SEE INTEREST RATES AT 5.5% BY YEAR END	MarketWatch	5/10/06
JUDGE FINALIZING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENRON JURY	Detroit Free Press	5/10/06
US RATES RAISED TO FIVE-YEAR PEAK	BBC News	5/10/06
BERNANKE RATES COMMENTS CREATE CONFUSION	Business Week Online	5/10/06
SILICON GRAPHICS FILES FOR CHAPTER 11	IT Week	5/9/06
KEN LAY: WATKINS DIDN'T CALL TRANSACTIONS ILLEGAL	CNN Money	4/24/06
FORMER ENRON CHAIRMAN TESTIFIES IN CONSPIRACY AND FRAUD TRIAL	Voice of America	4/24/06
ENRON FOUNDER KEN LAY TAKES THE STAND	MarketWatch	4/24/06
WHAT'S A SAVER TO DO NOW?	San Francisco Chronicle	4/23/06
SKILLING ENDS TESTIMONY STANDING, BRUISED	Business Week	4/21/06
MORTGAGE RATES AT NEARLY-4-YEAR HIGH FOR 2ND WEEK	CNN Money	4/20/06
THE NEGATIVE EQUITY EPIDEMIC	MSN Money	4/19/06
FED HINTS AT PAUSE IN STEADY RISE ON RATES	International Herald Tribune	4/19/06
MOODY'S CLARIFIES RATINGS	Arizona Republic	4/9/06
MOODY'S CUTS WHIRLPOOL'S RATING, RAISES MAYTAG	Google News	4/9/06
SOUND INVESTING MEANS USING THE RIGHT TOOLS AND DIVERSIFYING	Washington Post	4/9/06
TEENS USUALLY COME UP SHORT WHEN ASKED HOW MONEY WORKS	Chicago Defender	4/8/06
GLOBAL JUNK BOND DEFAULT RATE FALLS IN Q1	Reuters	4/7/06
FED NUDGES RATES UP FOR 15TH TIME	Yahoo Finance	3/27/06
MORTGAGE RATES MAY RISE EVEN IF FED'S RATES DON'T	Sarasota Herald-Tribune	3/27/06
PAKISTAN PLANS UP TO $1.25B IN BONDS	Daily Times, Pakistan	3/21/06
BEN BERNANKE SAYS FEDERAL RESERVE MUST WEIGH VARIETY OF ECONOMIC SIGNALS	MoneySense	3/21/06
JUDGE OVERTURNS QUATTRONE CONVICTION	San Jose Mercury News	3/20/06
FED LIKELY TO STOP AT 5%, MARKET SAYS	MarketWatch	3/16/06
MORTGAGE RATES REACH 2 1/2-YEAR HIGH	Washington Post	3/10/06
NYSE GOES PUBLIC, IS NO MORE A MEMBERS' CLUB	Economic Times	3/8/06
BOND SALES SCARE MARKETS	New York Post	3/8/06
MOODY'S: ISRAEL OUTLOOK 'STABLE'	Jerusalam Post	3/5/06
WARREN BUFFETT'S COMPANY CHOOSES MYSTERY SUCCESSOR	Indianapolis Star	3/5/06
RESEARCH IN MOTION INC. SETTLES BLACKBERRY PATENT DISPUTE WITH NTP INC.	CBC News	3/3/06
DANA MISSES INTEREST PAYMENT ON BONDS	Automotive News	3/2/06
MOODY'S REDUCES GM'S DEBT RATING FURTHER	Forbes	2/21/06
FED LEAVES DOOR OPEN TO INTEREST RATE HIKE	Business Week	2/21/06
30-YEAR BONDS A SHOT IN THE ARM TO PROTECT NEST EGG	Chicago Tribune	2/12/06
INVESTORS HAIL SALE OF 30-YEAR BONDS	Allentown Morning Call	2/12/06
NEW FED CHAIRMAN'S ARRIVAL DOESN'T CHANGE GROWING ALLURE OF BONDS	Washington Post	2/12/06
GREENSPAN UPBEAT ON ECONOMY AT PRIVATE EVENTS	USA Today	2/11/06
AIG NEARS $1.5BLN SETTLEMENT	ABC News	2/6/06
NEW FED CHIEF BERNANKE SWORN IN	BBC News	2/6/06
BEN S. BERNANKE	Federal Reserve Board	2/6/06
ENRON TRIAL DRAWS MEDIA ATTENTION FROM AROUND WORLD	Voice of America	2/6/06
BERNANKE RIGHT CHOICE TO LEAD FED, AREA LEADERS AGREE	Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal	2/4/06
UNITED AIRLINES EXITS BANKRUPTCY	MarketWatch	2/4/06
FED TO HIKE RATES, THEN GO SILENT	MarketWatch	1/29/06
BOND MANAGERS LIKE STOCKS	TheStreet.com	1/9/06
ECONOMISTS ASK IF BONDS HAVE LOST PREDICTIVE POWER	Wall Street Journal	12/29/05
YIELD CURVE MAY BECOME INVERTED	Wall Street Journal	12/26/05
BOND INVESTORS CAN SCORE WITH THESE POSSIBLE PLAYS	MSN Money	12/23/05
MORTGAGE BONDS MAY BE GOOD BET IN '06, PROS SAY	Wall Street Journal	12/23/05
CABLEVISION SCRAPS $3 BILLION DIVIDEND	MSNBC	12/23/05
JURY SLAPS WAL-MART WITH $172M RULING	CNN Money	12/23/05
FITCH CUTS FORD CREDIT RATING TO JUNK	AXcess News	12/22/05
PHOENIX SELLS $350M IN BONDS TO FINANCE CITY-OWNED HOTEL	Commercial Property News	12/22/05
$10.1B CIGARETTE VERDICT TOSSED	CNN	12/15/05
FED EXPECTED TO BOOST RATES QUARTER POINT	Seattle Post Intelligencer	12/11/05
THE BONDS THAT FIGHT THE MONSTER CALLED INFLATION	New York Times	12/11/05
CALPINE BATTLES CREDITORS	San Francisco Chronicle	12/8/05
ANALYSTS PREDICT DELTA FACES LIQUIDATION	All Headline News	12/7/05
POSTAL SERVICE CLIMBS OUT OF DEBT	Seattle Post Intelligencer	12/7/05
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE EARNS $1.4 BILLION IN 2005	InternetRetailer.com	12/7/05
GMAC UNIT TO SELL UP TO $20B IN AUTO LOANS	Philadelphia Inquirer	12/5/05
LOUISIANA'S CREDIT RATING DROPS	The Advocate	12/1/05
NASD FINES STATE STREET UNIT $1.4M FOR BOND TRADES	Boston Globe	11/23/05
LORAL EMERGES FROM CHAPTER 11	TelecomWeb	11/23/05
FED MULLS MOVING TO END RATE INCREASES	Globe and Mail	11/23/05
MOODY'S MAY CUT FORD RATINGS DEEPER	Beloit Daily News	11/23/05
BOND BEARS BOWED BUT UNBEATEN	MarketWatch	11/21/05
'TIPS' INVESTING OFFERS INFLATION PROTECTION	The Washington Times	11/18/05
YOUNG TRADERS THRIVE IN THE STOCK/BOND NEXUS	Wall Street Journal	11/18/05
AS GENERAL MOTORS FALLS, KERKORIAN KEEPS BUYING: DAVID PAULY	Bloomberg.com	11/17/05
GM CASH RESERVES MAY BE DRAINED IF DELPHI STRIKES, ANALYSTS SAY	Detroit Free Press	11/17/05
BONDS BUY BERNANKE LINE	TheStreet.com	11/16/05
FERC OKAYS ENRON SETTLEMENT WORTH $1.5B	New Zealand News	11/15/05
GM'S DEFAULT SWAPS, OPTIONS SHOW INCREASING BETS ON BANKRUPTCY	Bloomberg	11/14/05
US HOUSING SLOWDOWN TO HURT SOME MORTGAGE BONDS-PIMCO	Reuters	11/14/05
AT GENERAL MOTORS, TROUBLES MOUNT FOR MAN BEHIND THE WHEEL	Wall Street Journal	11/11/05
GM & U.A.W. AGREE TO HEALTH CARE CUTS	WGRZ-TV	11/11/05
GM CEO SAYS BANKRUPTCY NOT A GOOD OPTION	WBEN 930	11/11/05
GM DEPT RATING SINKS FURTHER INTO JUNK STATUS	Canada East	11/10/05
HOW WILL BEN BERNANKE AFFECT YOUR RETURNS?	Jeremy Siegel, Wharton School of Business	11/7/05
I LOVE YOU ALAN GREENSPAN, BUT ...	Ben Stein	11/6/05
FITCH RATES WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY $52MM GOS 'AA+'	Business Wire	11/4/05
MERCK WINS SECOND VIOXX PRODUCT LIABILITY TRIAL	The Trentonian	11/4/05
BERNANKE FACES STIFF CHALLENGES	Forbes	11/1/05
US FED RAISES INTEREST RATES AGAIN TO 4 PER CENT	The Independent	11/1/05
GROSS: BERNANKE WILL LOWER RATES	MarketWatch	10/27/05
ROGERS FIGHTS BACK BY SUING REFCO	Seattle Post Intelligencer	10/26/05
CALPINE AGAIN ACCUSED OF DEFAULTING ON BONDS	Los Angeles Times	10/26/05
BERNANKE GET HIS CHANCE	Business Week	10/24/05
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN: BERNANKE SEEMS HIGHLY QUALIFIED	Salt Lake Tribune	10/24/05
REFCO'S BENNETT, PARTNERS TOOK OUT MORE THAN $2 BLN BEFORE IPO	Bloomberg	10/20/05
REFCO UNIT HALTS WITHDRAWALS, CASH ISN'T SUFFICIENT	Bloomberg	10/13/05
RATES ON 30-YEAR MORTGAGES TOP 6%	USA Today	10/13/05
S&P CUTS GM RATINGS DEEPER INTO JUNK	MSN Money	10/10/05
DELPHI WORKERS BRACE FOR CHANGES AFTER BANKRUPTCY FILING	Detroit Free Press	10/8/05
DELTA TO RESUME FULL FLIGHT SCHEDULE, STOCK TO BE DELISTED	San Jose Mercury News	10/7/05
JUDGE WITHHOLDS APPROVAL OF $225M KPMG TAX-SHELTER SETTLEMENT	Newsday	10/7/05
KATRINA CLAIMS COULD LEAVE HOLDERS OF A 'CAT BOND' WITH MAJOR LOSSES	Wall Street Journal	10/6/05
FITCH MOVES GM CREDIT DEEPER INTO JUNK TERRITORY	Bradford County Telegraph	9/28/05
FORGET HURRICANES; FED SIGNALS MORE RATE HIKES	MarketWatch	9/27/05
THIRD WORLD DEBT RELIEF AGREED	Channel 4 News	9/25/05
ENTERGY UNIT SEEKS BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION	Forbes	9/23/05
MOODY'S JUNKS SUN MICROSYSTEMS	TheStreet.com	9/23/05
EX-TYCO EXECS SENTENCES	Washington Post	9/19/05
GROSS: SHORT-TERM RATES NEAR PEAK	MarketWatch	9/19/05
DON'T BUILD RETIREMENT PORTFOLIO ON HIGH DIVIDENDS ALONE	Seattle Times	9/19/05
FED SET FOR ANOTHER HIKE	TheStreet.com	9/19/05
NORTHWEST BONDS MAY DROP ON BANKRUPTCY FILING, MOODY'S SAYS	Bloomberg	9/18/05
WILL CONGRESS BAIL OUT GULF COAST BONDHOLDERS?	Barrons	9/18/05
DELTA, NORTHWEST CREDITORS TO BEGIN TUSSLE	Boston Globe	9/14/05
TWO AIRLINES HEAD FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION	Monteray Herald	9/14/05
BANK ORDERED TO PAY PARMALAT BOND HOLDERS	Business Report	9/3/05
MUNICIPAL BONDS FEELING STORM PRESSURES	USA Today	9/3/05
GREENSPAN RELUCTANT TO CREATE POLICY STRAITJACKET	Financial Times	8/29/05
TENET HEALTHCARE GETS DEFAULT NOTICE	Home News Tribune	8/29/05
GREENSPAN TAKES FINAL BOW	Herald Sun	8/28/05
GREENSPAN'S HOUSING FORECAST	San Francisco Chronicle	8/28/05
HOW AN ACCOUNTING FIRM [KPMG] WENT FROM RESISTANCE TO RESIGNATION	New York Times	8/28/05
JUNK BOND HANGOVER ON THE HORIZON	CNN Money	8/23/05
HOW CHINA DELAYS A PLUNGE IN U.S. TREASURIES	Bloomberg	8/21/05
MERCK TO APPEAL VIOXX GUILTY VERDICT	Economy News	8/21/05
MERCK TOLD TO PAY $253 M IN VIOXX USER’S DEATH CASE	Financial Express	8/20/05
HOW TO SHORT JUNK BONDS	Forbes	8/18/05
DELTA AIR SHARES SOAR ON SALE, BUT BANKRUPTCY LOOMS	Reuters	8/15/05
WORLDCOM'S SULLIVAN GETS FIVE YEARS	Light Reading	8/11/05
MOODY'S AFFIRMS FANNIE MAE 'AAA' SENIOR DEBT RATING	Reuters	8/11/05
NO SURPRISES HERE	Financial Express	8/10/05
TIME TO BAIL ON BONDS?	CNN Money	8/10/05
FED RAISES RATE TO 3.5%	The Globe and Mail	8/10/05
MOODY'S UPGRADES RATINGS FOR SPRINT, NEXTEL	Kansas City Business Journal	8/10/05
MOODY'S LOWERS VISTEON'S LIQUIDITY RATING	Detroit Free Press	8/10/05
GOLD PRICES, INDEXES EDGE UP AFTER FED RATE HIKE	Forbes	8/9/05
COX VOWS 'VIGOROUS' VIGILANCE AT SEC	Forbes	8/4/05
MOODY'S MAY DOWNGRADE SARA LEE RATINGS	NewsFinder	8/4/05
30-YEAR BOND MAY MAKE ITS COMEBACK WEDNESDAY	USA Today	8/2/05
ATKINS GOES BELLY-UP AS DIET FAD THINS OUT	Chicago Tribune	8/2/05
FITCH DOWNGRADES TOYS R US DEBT	Newsday	7/22/05
GREENSPAN TIPS RATE RISE	Black Enterprise	7/22/05
FORD DEBT RATINGS CUT	Chicago Tribune	7/21/05
IN RULE REVERSAL, SEC TO LET FIRMS PROMOTE STOCKS, BONDS BEFORE IPO'S	Los Angeles Times	7/13/05
WORLDCOM'S EBBERS GETS 25 YEARS, WEEPS	Washington Post	7/13/05
GREENSPAN'S LEGACY IS PREDICTABILITY	MarketWatch	7/6/05
CANTOR PREDICTS YIELD CURVE COULD INVERT	CNN Money	7/6/05
FOUR REASONS FOR THE FED'S CONTINUING 'CONUNDRUM'	Fortune	7/2/05
STOCKS PLUNGE ON FED INTEREST RATE DECISION...	Boston Herald	7/1/05
RUSSELL SURVEY: INTEREST RATES ARE INVESTMENT MANAGERS' MAIN FEAR	Business Wire	6/29/05
FOMC EXPECTED TO BOOST RATES AGAIN	MarketWatch	6/29/05
TIME TO REVIEW HIGH-YIELD FUNDS	Redlands Daily Facts	6/28/05
JURY ACQUITS SCRUSHY ON ALL COUNTS IN HEALTHSOUTH FRAUD	Miami Herald	6/28/05
LOW RATES COULD BE AROUND FOR LONG TERM	New York Times	6/27/05
DOES GREENSPAN HAVE ANSWER TO GREAT LOW-YIELD CONUNDRUM?	Scotsman	6/27/05
FED SEEN RAISING RATES,OFFERING FEW CLUES ON FUTURE	Reuters	6/27/05
ADELPHIA FOUNDER, SON SENTENCED TO PRISON	Washington Post	6/21/05
WINN-DIXIE TO CLOSE 326 STORES, CEASE OPERATIONS IN FOUR STATES	Atlanta Journal Constitution	6/21/05
GROSS GOOSES BONDS	TheStreet.com	6/21/05
FINANCES TOP TERROR IN SURVEY OF AFFLUENT	Palm Beach Daily News	6/19/05
TYCO VERDICT: DON'T PLEAD IGNORANCE	Seattle Times	6/19/05
TYCO'S KOZLOWSKI GUILTY OF FRAUD	San Francisco Chronicle	6/18/05
BOND MARKET RALLY IS NO CONUNDRUM AS AGING BOOMERS SEEK YIELD	Bloomberg.com	6/17/05
J.P. MORGAN SETTLES ENRON SUIT	TheStreet.com	6/14/05
MORGAN STANLEY'S PURCELL SURRENDERS	Daily News	6/13/05
GREENSPAN CAN'T EXPLAIN RATES DIVERGENCE	Yahoo Finance	6/7/05
GREENSPAN'S TURN TO TALK	MarketWatch	6/5/05
MORGAN STANLEY'S KEMPF TO RETIRE	Financial Times	6/4/05
BUSH SELECTS REP. COX AS NEW SEC CHIEF	Philadelphia Inquirer	6/3/05
GM EXIT MAY NOT TAKE PRESSURE OFF U.S. CORPORATE BONDS	Business Week	6/2/05
DONALDSON ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION AS S.E.C. CHAIRMAN	New York Times	6/1/05
INVESTORS YIELD TO THE BRIGHT SIDE	Wall Street Journal	5/23/05
PERELMAN WINS $1.4 BILLION TOTAL IN SUIT AGAINST MORGAN STANLEY	San Diego Union Tribune	5/18/05
HOW MORGAN STANLEY BOTCHED A BIG CASE BY FUMBLING EMAILS	Pittsburgh Post Gazette	5/16/05
JURY GETS PERELMAN VS. MORGAN STANLEY	CNN	5/13/05
THE SKY DARKENS FOR BONDHOLDERS	Wall Street Journal	5/12/05
BANKING ON BONDS	MarketWatch	5/12/05
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF KODAK TO STEP DOWN	Los Angeles Times	5/12/05
ICAHN SAID TO WIN BLOCKBUSTER BOARD SEAT	ABC News	5/12/05
KERKORIAN'S GM BID COULD ROCK AUTOMAKER	Detroit Free Press	5/9/05
E*TRADE REPORTEDLY SEEKS TO BUY AMERITRADE	Information Week	5/9/05
GM, FORD BOND RATINGS CUT TO JUNK STATUS	Washington Post	5/5/05
TREASURY SAYS 30-YEAR BOND MAY BE REVIVED	New York Times	5/4/05
KERKORIAN MAY HELP GM BONDHOLDERS TOO	Forbes	5/4/05
FED RAISES RATES FOR EIGHTH TIME	Business Standard	5/4/05
A GOOD INVESTMENT OR JUNK?	Smart Money	4/27/05
BOND STRATEGISTS: BARCLAYS SAYS AVOID EMERGING MARKET BONDS	Bloomberg	4/22/05
IN LAWSUITS, INVESTORS MUST LINK LOSS TO FRAUD, COURT SAYS	USA Today	4/19/05
MOODY'S SAYS DOES NOT PLAN TO CUT GM DEBT SOON	Reuters	4/19/05
EX-AIG CHIEF GAVE WIFE $2B IN SHARES	Yahoo Finance	4/12/05
INVESTOR BUFFETT QUESTIONED IN AIG PROBE	San Francisco Chronicle	4/11/05
SPITZER: OUSTED AIG CEO GREENBERG MAY FACE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION	FinFacts	4/11/05
U.S. CORPORATE BOND SALES SLOW AS INVESTORS DEMAND EXTRA YIELD	Bloomberg	4/11/05
FORD, GM BONDS FLIRT WITH JUNK STATUS	Forbes	4/11/05
AIG FALLS FROM ITS TRIPLE-A PERCH	Business Week	3/31/05
AIG PROBE DRAWS IN BUFFETT	Financial Times	3/29/05
AIG CHAIRMAN GREENBERG TO RETIRE FROM COMPANY	ABC News	3/29/05
KMART-SEARS: VOTE CLOSE, MERGER PARTNERS AREN'T	Chicago Tribune	3/28/05
GREENSPAN'S WAKE-UP CALL RINGS BELLS	New York Post	3/27/05
MOODY's UPGRADES PITTSBURGH	Pittsburgh Business Times	3/27/05
GENERAL MOTORS'S DEBT COSTS SURGE AS GE PULLS SUPPORT	Bloomberg	3/27/05
MUNICIPAL BONDS OFFER TAX BENEFITS	Sioux Falls Argus Leader	3/27/05
WAL-MART DIRECTOR RESIGNS AFTER INTERNAL INVESTIGATION	USA Today	3/27/05
AIG SEEKS TO SEVER LINKS WITH EX-CEO GREENBERG	FinFacts	3/27/05
KRISPY KREME DEADLINE FOR DEFAULT MOVED AGAIN	Houston Chronicle	3/27/05
BOND INVESTORS CURB APPETITE FOR RISKY DEBT	Wall Street Journal	3/25/05
AMERICAN AIRLINES MAY NEED MORE CONCESSIONS	Seattle Post	3/18/05
AIG CHIEF GREENBERG OUSTED AMID PROBE	Business Standard	3/15/05
FORMER WORLDCOM CHIEF BERNARD EBBERS CONVICTED ON ALL COUNTS AT FRAUD TRIAL	CBC News	3/15/05
WALT DISNEY IGER IN, EISNER OUT	Los Angeles Daily News	3/14/05
CITIGROUP FACES DISCIPLINE IN BONDS	New York Times	3/7/05
FITCH MAY CUT AT&T, BELLSOUTH'S RATINGS ON PURCHASE	Reuters	3/6/05
HERE'S WHY INTEREST RATES ARE GOING UP THIS SPRING	New York Post	3/3/05
GM BONDS FALL; MOODY'S SIGNALS RATING CLOSER TO JUNK	Bloomberg	2/27/05
TIME TO TAKE PROFITS ON JUNK BONDS?	Morningstar	2/24/05
GREENSPAN WARNS OF FURTHER US RATE HIKES	The Independent	2/16/05
MCI, VERIZON AGREE TO MERGE	Kansas City Star	2/15/05
HEWLETT-PACKARD OUSTS CEO FIORINA	Seattle Times	2/10/05
AMAZING SAVINGS FILES BANKRUPTCY	Newsday	2/8/05
MUNICIPAL-BOND FANS GET A RUDE AWAKENING	Wall Street Journal	2/8/05
WANTED: CREDIT RATINGS. OBJECTIVE ONES, PLEASE.	New York Times	2/6/05
BUSTING THE BOND MYTH	MarketWatch	2/5/05
REPORTS: SBC TO BUY AT&T FOR $16B	CBS MarketWatch	1/30/05
BUSH PLAN SHARPENS RETIREMENT INVESTING DEBATE	Los Angeles Times	1/23/05
FLEETWOOD DROPS ANOTHER ROUND IN COURT	TheStreet.com	1/22/05
BUY BONDS NOW? ARE YOU CRAZY?	CNN Money	1/22/05
BOND FUNDS AGAIN BECOME NOT SO EASY	Wall Street Journal	1/20/05
US CORPORATES:GM BONDS TAKE IT ON THE CHIN; PRIMARY SLOW	Dow Jones	1/15/05
FITCH ASSIGNS RATINGS TO GMAC COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BANK	Business Wire	1/14/05
ACE BOND-FUND MANAGER PATEL LIKES STOCKS NOWADAYS	Bloomberg	1/14/05
FED MINUTES: INFLATION TAME FOR NOW BUT WATCHING WARILY	USA Today	1/4/05
DEATH TOLL FROM TSUNAMI DISASTER SURPASSES 114,000	San Francisco Chronicle	12/30/04
HUGE PAYOUT TO EX-FANNIE MAE CEO COULD SPARK INVESTOR LAWSUITS	Baltimore Sun	12/30/04
FANNIE MAE PLANS $5 BILLION STOCK SALE	Washington Post	12/30/04
S.& P. LOWERS YUKOS RATING TO DEFAULT	Bloomberg News	12/29/04
ENJOY IT NOW, BONDHOLDERS	Wall Street Journal	12/27/04
ASIA QUAKE DEATH TOLL OVER 11,000	CNN	12/26/04
RAINES' OUSTER A BLIP IN CAREER, FRIENDS SAY	Houston Chronicle	12/23/04
FANNIE MAE FORCES CEO, CFO OUT	CBS MarketWatch	12/21/04
RAINES: FANNIE MAE BOARD MEETS, CEO SHAKEUP POSSIBLE	Forbes	12/20/04
BAIKAL FINANCE GROUP BUYS YUKOS UNIT	Oil and Gas Journal	12/20/04
JAPAN'S BONDS MAY ADVANCE ON CONCERN YEN GAINS TO SLOW EXPORT-LED RECOVERY	Bloomberg	12/20/04
MOODY'S, STANDARD & POOR'S DOWNGRADE BEARINGPOINT	Washington Business Journal	12/18/04
YUKOS CFO TESTIFIES BANKRUPTCY SHOULD BE IN HOUSTON	Houston Chronicle	12/16/04
FANNIE MAE PAYS THE PRICE OF CUTTING CORNERS TO LOOK SAFE	New York Times	12/16/04
FED RAISES RATES FOR FIFTH TIME THIS YEAR	Chicago Tribune	12/15/04
THE BANKRUPTCY MACHINE	Dallas Morning News	12/12/04
SOME QUESTION U.S. BOND RATING	Wall Street Journal	12/7/04
BLAH JOBS DATA WON'T FORESTALL FED RATE HIKES	Barrons	12/5/04
FED VIEW SHIFTING ON INFLATION; RATE RISES LIKELY	Wall Street Journal	12/2/04
IS THE JUNK BOND MARKET READY TO CATCH ITS BREATH?	New York Times	11/28/04
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE ACCOUNTING OVERSIGHT BOARD?	Dallas Morning News	11/28/04
FED RAISES INTEREST RATES QUARTER-POINT	Associated Press	11/10/04
INTEREST RATE RISE EXPECTED THIS WEEK	USA Today	11/8/04
DELTA IN DEBT DEAL WITH GE	TheStreet.com	11/1/04
BIG TOBACCO CASE TO BE REASSESSED	Dallas Morning News	10/31/04
YIELDS SHRINK ON JUNK BONDS AS RALLY HOLDS	Wall Street Journal	10/27/04
BIGGEST U.S. INSURANCE BROKER FACES PENALTY 'FAR HIGHER' THAN $500M	Canadian Press	10/27/04
UNION: DELTA DEAL COULD AVERT BANKRUPTCY	Associated Press	10/27/04
CEO QUITS AT MARSH & MCLENNAN	Boston Globe	10/26/04
DELTA MAY GET $600 MILLION FROM AMERICAN EXPRESS UNIT	Los Angeles Times	10/26/04
ATA EXPECTED TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY TODAY	USA Today	10/26/04
EXPERTS WEIGH BUSH, KERRY ECONOMIC PLANS	Chicago Tribune	10/24/04
REPORT: DELTA AIR COULD FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY SOON	USA Today	10/24/04
BUSH SIGNS CORPORATE TAX BILL	Washington Post	10/22/04
WITH DEFAULTS DOWN, BANKS AND BOND MARKETS FIND NOTHING TO FEAR	New York Times	10/19/04
FANNIE MAE REVEALS FORMAL SEC PROBE	CBS MarketWatch	10/19/04
KMART MOVES TO ACQUIRE SEARS IN $11 BILLION RETAILING DEAL	New York Times	10/17/04
EURO-BOND SECTOR LURES HEDGE FUNDS	Wall Street Journal	10/14/04
BOND INVESTORS WONDER ABOUT HIGH OIL PRICES	Wall Street Journal	10/13/04
JUSTICE DEPT. PROBES FANNIE MAE	Boston Globe	10/12/04
ANALYST SEES DELTA BANKRUPTCY SOON	CNN Money	10/8/04
REGULATOR SAYS FANNIE MAE DELIBERATELY FLOUTED RULES	Washington Post	10/6/04
HOLDERS OF FANNIE'S BONDS SAY: NO WORRIES!	Wall Street Journal	10/4/04
BONDS TORTOISE OUTRUNS STOCKS HARE IN 7 YEARS	Wall Street Journal	10/1/04
BOND FUND MANAGERS BET IN WRONG DIRECTION	Wall Street Journal	9/29/04
MASSIVE SHORT-COVERING IN BOND MARKET	Barrons	9/26/04
FED IN AUGUST SAID SIGNIFICANT TIGHTENING LIKELY	USA Today	9/23/04
BOND MARKET TONIC	Wall Street Journal	9/22/04
THIRD FED RATE RISE AS US PICKS UP	The Guardian	9/21/04
FED AND BOND MARKET ON THE ROCKS	CBS MarketWatch	9/20/04
ANALYSTS' OPINIONS ON RATES VARIED, ALTERING	USA Today	9/20/04
FED SEEN STICKING TO MEASURED RATE RAISES	Reuters	9/19/04
AUDITORS WARN OF DELTA'S TROUBLES	USA Today	9/16/04
US AIR FILES CHAPTER 11	CNN Money	9/10/04
WHY AN INTEREST-RATE HIKE IS A BIG MISTAKE	New York Post	8/10/04
TAKING GREENSPAN'S MEASURE AHEAD OF MEETING	TheStreet.com	8/9/04
FITCH RATINGS AFFIRMS PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP	Business Wire	8/9/04
TREASURYS AWAIT FED	Smart Money	8/9/04
INDICATORS SHOW A COOLING ECONOMY	Washington Post	8/7/04
DELTA SHARES TUMBLE ON BANKRUPTCY FEARS	Chicago Tribune	8/6/04
RETIREMENT ROULETTE	Wall Street Journal	8/5/04
COX COMMUNICATIONS BONDS SELL OFF ON BUYOUT PLANS	Reuters	8/2/04
AFTER AUG. 10, BONDS HAVE MORE FUN	New York Post	8/1/04
MOODY'S CUTS AT&T LONG-, SHORT-TERM DEBT TO 'JUNK'	MarketWatch	7/30/04
SCRUTINY INTENSIFIES ON BOND FEES	Wall Street Journal	7/29/04
BOND-PRICING CASE TO BE SETTLED	Wall Street Journal	7/28/04
EX-S&P ANALYST, TWO OTHERS CHARGED WITH INSIDER TRADING	TheStreet.com	7/27/04
ECONOMY IN 'SOFT PATCH,' GREENSPAN TELLS PANEL	Washington Post	7/21/04
GREENSPAN SEES GRADUAL RISE IN RATES OVER COMING MONTHS	Wall Street Journal	7/20/04
GREENSPAN TO REASSURE CONGRESS ON PRICES	Reuters	7/19/04
INVESTORS SKIP EMERGING BOND MARKETS, LOOK TO JAPAN, CHINA	Business Day	7/18/04
EDS' DEBT RATING CUT	Dallas Morning News	7/16/04
WHOLESALE PRICES HIT A ONE-YEAR LOW	New York Times	7/15/04
REVIEWING THE FED'S STATEMENTS	Cantor Fitzgerald	7/5/04
FED RATE INCREASE DRAWS LITTLE INTEREST FROM INVESTORS	Chicago Tribune	7/1/04
FED RAISES KEY INTEREST RATE BY QUARTER-POINT	Washington Post	6/30/04
SEC IS PROBING BROKERS OF AUCTION-RATE BONDS	Los Angeles Times	6/24/04
DON'T OVERLOOK A SAVINGS BOND WHEN INVESTING	Jackson Sun News	6/24/04
FITCH RATINGS UPGRADES NEXTEL'S RATING TO 'BB+'	Business Wire	6/24/04
FITCH AFFIRMS WACHOVIA ON ACQUISITION OF SOUTHTRUST	Business Wire	6/21/04
GREENSPAN GETS 5TH TERM AT HELM OF FED	ABC News	6/21/04
30-YEAR, 15-YEAR MORTGAGE RATES ON RISE	Washington Post	6/17/04
FOREIGN BUYERS SNAG BIGGER SHARE OF U.S. CORP BONDS	Reuters	6/17/04
FITCH RATES NEW JERSEY 2004 C FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY BONDS 'BBB-'	Business Wire	6/17/04
MORTGAGE RATES HIGHER; HOME SALES LIKELY TO BE UNMOVED	USA Today	6/10/04
HEALTHSOUTH REACHES DEAL WITH BONDHOLDERS	Baltimore Sun Times	6/8/04
GREENSPAN SAYS INFLATION MAY FORCE FED TO RAISE RATES SHARPLY	New York Times	6/8/04
NEW ENRON INDICTMENT TARGETS THE MAN AT THE TOP: KEN LAY	Houston Chronicle	6/7/04
RATES LIKELY ON THE RISE	USA Today	6/7/04
MGM MIRAGE, MANDALAY BONDS FALL ON ACQUISITION BID	Reuters	6/7/04
BOND INVESTORS DUCK FOR COVER	Wall Street Journal	6/4/04
MOODY'S UPGRADES CALIFORNIA, CITING RECOVERY	Free Republic	5/30/04
FOR NOW, FEAR OF THE FED HAS EASED	TheStreet.com	5/29/04
GIVE BACK PAY OF $100 MILLION, SUIT TELLS GRASSO	Chicago Tribune	5/25/04
SPITZER VS. GRASSO--FOR LOVE OR MONEY	Forbes	5/25/04
CLAIMS AGAINST GRASSO AREN'T AS CLEAR CUT AS THEY MAY SEEM	New York Times	5/25/04
WITH FED IN MIND, JUNK-BOND INVESTORS ARE BAILING OUT	Wall Street Journal	5/19/04
JUNK BOND MARKET WEAKENS	TheStreet.com	5/17/04
INFLATION APPEARS TO BE RETURNING	The State	5/16/04
EXPECTATION GROWS FOR FED RATE INCREASE IN JUNE AS INFLATION STIRS	Pittsburgh Tribune Review	5/16/04
RATES GOING UP SOON?	USA Today	5/10/04
CITIGROUP TO PAY $2.65 BILLION TO SETTLE WORLDCOM CASE	NewsMax	5/10/04
DELTA MAY HAVE TO FILE FOR BANKRUPTCY	New York Times	5/10/04
FED LEAVES KEY INTEREST RATE UNCHANGED	Star Ledger	5/4/04
THE UGLY SURPRISE AWAITING UNINFORMED BOND INVESTORS	Los Angeles Times	5/2/04
BUFFETT WARNS OF 'TOO LOW' US INTEREST RATES	Independent	5/2/04
U.S. MANAGERS SHIFT TO BONDS, CUT STOCKS	Reuters	4/26/04
WHEN WILL FED RAISE RATES?	Business Line	4/25/04
BOND TRADERS TURN TO 1994 FOR RATE CLUES	Financial Times	4/23/04
FITCH GIVES CALIFORNIA BONDS A+ RATING	Washington Times	4/23/04
BOND RATES ARE RISING ON FEARS THAT GROWTH IS SPURRING INFLATION	Wall Street Journal	4/15/04
CALIFORNIA TO SELL UP TO $7 BILLION IN BONDS	Reuters	4/15/04
GROUPS SEEK CREDIT RATERS' CONDUCT CODE	ABC News	4/14/04
PROXY FIRM PRESSURES COKE ON BUFFETT'S DIRECTOR ROLE	Wall Street Journal	4/9/04
EX-COMPUTER ASSOCIATES CFO PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUD	Boston Globe	4/9/04
RATING UPGRADES OUTPACING DOWNGRADES	Forbes	4/7/04
BOND SALES PROMPT SUIT AGAINST GOLDMAN SACHS	Daily Press	4/6/04
FITCH MAINTAINS NEGATIVE RATING OUTLOOK FOR COMMERCIAL P&C	Insurance News	3/31/04
S&P CUTS DOW JONES RATING	New York Post	3/27/04
US JUNK BOND FUNDS SEE $208 MLN WEEKLY OUTFLOW	Reuters	3/25/04
ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS ROIL GOODYEAR	ABC News	3/9/04
BUILDING A BOND LADDER	Forbes	3/9/04
PATIENT FED KEEPS RATES ON HOLD AS US INFLATION REMAINS SUBDUED	Independent News	3/7/04
ASSESSING CALIFORNIA'S STOPGAP BOND SALE	New York Times	3/7/04
S&P DOWNGRADES SUN MICROSYSTEMS TO JUNK	Chicago Tribune	3/6/04
S&P DOWNGRADES SUN CREDIT RATING TO JUNK	USA Today	3/5/04
CITING IMPROVEMENT, MOODY'S UPGRADES NEW YORK CITY'S BOND OUTLOOK	New York Times	1/29/04
THE FED CHANGES ITS TUNE	Indianapolis Star	1/29/04
FED EYES LOW INTEREST RATES FOR A WHILE	Miami Herald	1/26/04
U.S. SEC CHIEF HINTS AT 'ENABLEMENT' BY PARMALAT'S BANKS AS FRAUD GROWS	Canadian Press	1/26/04
DEMOCRATIC HOPEFUL DEAN CALLS GREENSPAN TOO POLITICAL	USA Today	1/24/04
SCHWARZENEGGER LAUNCHES $15 BILLION BOND MEASURE CAMPAIGN	Modesto Bee	1/20/04
IN BOND FUNDS, RISK TAKERS ARE REWARDED	Los Angeles Time	1/11/04
WHY THE MANAGER MOVED HIS OWN MONEY OUT	New York Times	1/10/04
IS THERE ANY POINT IN BUYING BONDS NOW?	Associated Press	1/5/04
ARE RATING COMPANIES NOW TOO TOUGH ON JUNK?	Wall Street Journal	12/31/03
BIG BORROWERS BENEFIT FROM BEST BOND MARKET IN 15 YEARS	St. Louis Post-Dispatch	12/30/03
EX-PARMALAT CEO WILL STAY IN PRISON	ABC News	12/30/03
OUTLOOK REMAINS POOR FOR AIRLINES' DEBT RATINGS, ANALYSTS SAY	Miami Herald	12/21/03
FITCH RAISES ISRAEL'S LONG-TERM OUTLOOK	Haaretz	12/16/03
CALPERS SUING NYSE, SPECIALISTS	CBS MarketWatch	12/16/03
S&P CUTS PARMALAT RATING AGAIN	International Herald Tribune	12/12/03
MOODY'S CUTS CALIF. BOND RATINGS	Boston Globe	12/9/03
FED LEAVES INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED BUT NOTES SIGNS OF IMPROVING ECONOMY	San Francisco Chronicle	12/9/03
DISAPPOINTMENT IS RELATIVE WITH JUNK BOND FUNDS	New York Times	12/7/03
BOND MARKET HO-HUM ABOUT US STEEL TARIFF DECISION	Reuters	12/5/03
FITCH CUTS LEVI STRAUSS DEBT, OUTLOOK NEGATIVE	Reuters	12/2/03
WHEN PLEASURE IS ABOUT AVOIDING PAIN	PIMCO	11/29/03
PARMALAT ENTERS BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION	National Post	11/24/03
JAPAN'S HUGE DEBT BRINGS MARKET FOCUS TO GOVT BONDS	Business Times Singapore	11/24/03
FED TO KEEP RATES AT HISTORIC LOW DESPITE GROWTH	Wall Street Journal	11/14/03
DEBT RATING OF FORD MOTOR IS DOWNGRADED BY AGENCY	New York Times	11/13/03
HIGH-GRADE BONDS OFFER BEST RETURN	Reuters	11/8/03
DEFICIT WON'T REQUIRE SALE OF NEW BONDS	Washington Post	11/6/03
FED LEAVES RATES UNCHANGED AT 1 PERCENT	Washington Post	10/28/03
SOME ECONOMISTS SEE RATES RISING SOONER THAN EXPECTED	USA Today	10/27/03
S&P MAY DOWNGRADE FORD, CUTS DAIMLER RATING	Forbes	10/25/03
HAVE BONDS RUN THEIR COURSE? NO, SAYS PAYDEN & RYGEL	Payden & Rygel	10/23/03
HARVARD TO SELL $92M IN BONDS FOR HOUSING	Boston Business Journal	10/20/03
FOR BONDS, THE PARTY MAY BE ENDING	The News Journal	10/20/03
JUNK BOND DEFAULT RATE CONTINUES TO DECLINE	Los Angeles Times	10/8/03
GOV'T PREPARES TO SELL BONDS ABROAD	Business Week	10/3/03
THREE CHEERS FOR JUNK BONDS	Smart Money	9/30/03
NYSE TAPS EX-CITIGROUP CEO REED FOR INTERIM	Houston Chronicle	9/21/03
NYC HOLDS OFF ON BOND SALE	Crains NY	9/21/03
GRASSO LEAVES AFTER FUROR OVER PAY	New York Times	9/17/03
REQUESTS FOR GRASSO'S RESIGNATION RISE	USA Today	9/17/03
FED PLEDGES LOW – NOT LOWER – RATES	Chicago Tribune	9/16/03
FED LEAVES RATES UNCHANGED	TheStreet.com	9/16/03
GETTING GOOD BOND PRICES	Forbes	9/15/03
FED UNLIKELY TO NUDGE RATES HIGHER	USA Today	9/15/03
UNITED STRUGGLING WITH PENSION OPTIONS	Philadelphia Inquirer	9/12/03
DLJ JUNK BONDS JILT CREDIT SUISSE	Forbes	9/11/03
US BONDS FACE GLOOMIER FUTURE AS SELLING CONTINUES TO INCREASE	Financial Times	9/9/03
BONDS UP AS FED SUGGESTS STEADY RATES	Miami Herald	9/4/03
GREENSPAN DEFENDS FED'S DEFLATION WORRIES	USA Today	9/1/03
BOND MARKET IS WAITING FOR BEAR	New York Post	8/31/03
S&P CUTS PSEG ENERGY RATING TO JUNK	Reuters	8/28/03
BONDS TAKE NOTE OF JOBS DATA	TheStreet.com	8/28/03
FED MAY AS WELL TAKE REST OF YEAR OFF	Forbes	8/13/03
FED HOLDS US RATES STEADY, SAYS NO MOVE SOON	Boston Globe	8/12/03
BOND ROUT WILL PUSH FED TO TIGHTEN	TheStreet.com	8/11/03
BULLS HAVE LEFT BONDS, BUT SHOULD YOU?	New York Times	8/10/03
S&P CUTS CREDIT RATING ON EASTMAN KODAK	Business Week	8/7/03
CALIFORNIA BONDS SLAMMED	San Francisco Chronicle	8/4/03
N.C. BONDS RECEIVE AAA RATING	Charlotte Business Journal	7/31/03
YIELDS RISE ON CALIFORNIA BONDS	Los Angeles Times	7/26/03
SAVAGE SELL-OFF IN BONDS AS TREASURY YIELD CONTINUES RISE	New York Times	7/22/03
JUNK BONDS MAY HAVE RUN COURSE	New York Post	7/20/03
IDEA OF AGAIN ISSUING 30-YEAR T-BONDS GAINS FAVOR	USA Today	7/18/03
JEEPERS: BOND STAR BILL GROSS PUTS STOCK PICKERS TO SHAME	USA Today	7/16/03
BOND RALLY OVER, BUT FED STILL WANTS RATES TO REMAIN LOW	New York Times	7/16/03
GREENSPAN, EARNINGS REASSURE MARKET	CNBC	7/15/03
ON CREDIT WATCH	New York Post	7/9/03
STRATEGIES FOR BONDS IF RATES HEAD UP	New York Times	7/6/03
LOW RETURNS DRIVE QUEST FOR 'SAFE' JUNK	Barrons	7/4/03
JOBLESS RATE CLIMBS TO 6.4%	Washington Post	7/4/03
FED MEETS AMID UNIVERSAL RATE-CUT EXPECTATIONS	USA Today	6/24/03
LINGERING LOSSES ON BONDS ARE HAUNTING INSURERS	New York Times	6/19/03
RATE CUT LOOKING LIKE A SURE THING	Washington Post	6/19/03
ANOTHER RATE CUT WOULD HELP, ECONOMISTS SAY	USA Today	6/5/03
FANS OF JUNK-BOND FUNDS HELP FUEL THE RECENT RALLY	Barrons	6/2/03
EDS DOWNGRADED, CEO SEEKS EXPLANATIONS TO INVESTORS	SiliconValley.com	5/21/03
SOME BOND FUNDS 'NOT A GOOD DEAL'	USA Today	5/19/03
THIS TIME, BONDS AND STOCKS MAY PROSPER TOGETHER	New York Times	5/11/03
A GREENSPAN TACTIC BUOYS THE BOND MARKET	New York Times	5/9/03
THE SHIFTING SANDS OF SENTIMENT	TheStreet.com	5/7/03
FED LEAVES INTEREST RATES ALONE — AT 41-YEAR LOWS	USA Today	5/7/03
FITCH AFFIRMS WAL-MART RATINGS, OUTLOOK STABLE	Reuters	5/5/03
JUDGMENT DAY ON WALL STREET	TheStreet.com	4/28/03
U.S. TO BORROW $79 BILLION IN Q2	CBS Marketwatch	4/28/03
CALIFORNIA PAYING A PREMIUM TO RENEW DEBT	Los Angeles Times	4/28/03
JUNK BONDS CLIMB BACK TO LEVELS SEEN IN THE '90S	Barrons	4/21/03
A STORM WATCH IN THE BOND HARBOR	New York Times	4/20/03
HUNGRY INVESTORS FILLING UP ON 'JUNK'	New York Times	3/30/03
TREASURYS CONTINUE SAFETY RALLY	CBS MarketWatch	3/28/03
BONDS THRASH STOCKS, BUT INVESTORS ADVISED TO BE WARY	USA Today	3/25/03
HOME-LOAN FORECLOSURES REACH RECORD	MSNBC	3/24/03
S&P CUTS MORE AIRCRAFT-BACKED DEBT	CBS MarketWatch	2/19/03
FED CHIEF'S DAYS MAY BE NUMBERED	New York Post	2/17/03
THE BOND LADDER	New York Post	2/16/03
BUSH PLAN NOT DEAD YET	CNN Money	2/13/03
MOODY'S CUTS BOND RATING FOR CALIFORNIA	Bloomberg	2/11/03
GREENSPAN QUESTIONS STIMULUS FOR U.S. ECONOMY	Forbes	2/11/03
GREENSPAN UNDER FIRE?	Reuters	2/10/03
ACCOUNTANTS' CLOSE LINK TO EXECUTIVES IS QUESTIONED	New York Times	2/8/03
$1.4 TRILLION AND COUNTING	CNN Money	2/4/03
QUATTRONE SUSPENDED; FEDS ARE CLOSING IN	New York Post	2/3/03
DOW CHEMICAL DOWNGRADED BY FIRM	Newark Star Ledger	2/3/03
FED WILL HOLD ON RATES, ANALYSTS SAY	CBS MarketWatch	1/28/03
AN ECONOMY THE FED CAN'T FIX	CNN Money	1/28/03
GIVE ME JUNK!	CNN Money	1/25/03
RISKS ARE HIGH, STAKES ARE LOW IN TREASURYS	Associated Press	1/25/03
BOND MARKET AN ISLAND OF STABILITY IN '02	Star Tribune	1/24/03
HOME FORECLOSURES AT RECORD HIGH	CNN Money	1/7/03
WHITE HOUSE AIDES PUSH FOR 50% CUT IN DIVIDEND TAXES	New York Times	12/25/02
REGULATOR FILES FRAUD CHARGES AGAINST EX-PARTNER AT ANDERSEN	New York Times	12/23/02
EX-DIRECTOR OF TYCO PLEADS GUILTY TO HIDING FINDER'S FEE	Houston Chronicle	12/17/02
DEBT RATERS ALSO SCAM, CLAIMS RIVAL	New York Post	12/17/02
FED LEAVES RATES STEADY, SAYING RISKS ARE BALANCED	Wall Street Journal	12/10/02
UNITED AIRLINES FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY	Chicago Tribune	12/9/02
TREASURY SECRETARY O'NEILL ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION	Washington Post	12/6/02
QUESTIONS FOR THE GENIE	PIMCO	12/5/02
PANEL REJECTS UNITED'S CALL FOR FEDERAL LOAN GUARANTEE	Wall Street Journal	12/5/02
CAN MIKE SAVE WORLDCOM?	Fortune Magazine	12/2/02
INVESTORS TURNING THEIR BACK ON TREASURY ISSUES	Los Angeles Times	12/1/02
AS STATES STRUGGLE, WHAT ABOUT THEIR BONDS?	New York Times	12/1/02
RATING AGENCY'S REMARKS VEX EDS	Dallas Morning News	12/1/02
S.E.C. FACING DEEPER TROUBLE	New York Times	11/30/02
A YEAR AFTER ENRON, CREDIT-RATING FIRMS ARE SLOW TO CHANGE	Newark Star Ledger	11/28/02
LEVI STRAUSS SELLS $425 MLN BONDS FOR REFINANCING	Reuters	11/26/02
GE CAPITAL TO SELL BONDS DIRECTLY	CBS MarketWatch	11/25/02
LIFE AFTER DEBT	Barrons	11/24/02
THE DARK SIDE OF LOW RATES	CNN Money	11/14/02
INVESTORS RETURNING TO TELECOM-SECTOR BONDS	Los Angeles Times	11/12/02
ACCOUNTING BOARD CHIEF WEBSTER STEPS DOWN	Washington Post	11/12/02
MOODY'S LOWERS OUTLOOK ON TENET	TheStreet.com	11/11/02
IN A FIX WITH YOUR FIXED-INCOME?	MSNBC	11/7/02
FED CUTS KEY RATE BY A HALF-PERCENT IN AGGRESSIVE MOVE	New York Times	11/7/02
SEC CHAIRMAN PITT RESIGNS	Washington Post	11/6/02
RATE CUT COULD FLATTEN SOME MONEY FUNDS	USA Today	11/5/02
CIT GROUP TO SELL BONDS DIRECT TO INDIVIDUALS	Reuters	11/4/02
ANALYSIS: FED LIKELY TO CUT INTEREST RATES	Associated Press	11/4/02
SEC TO INVESTIGATE ACCOUNTING CZAR'S SELECTION	Houston Chroncle	11/1/02
PROBE OF LUCENT IS BROADER THAN COMPANY HAS DISCLOSED	Wall Street Journal	11/1/02
CUT IS NOT A DONE DEAL, ANALYSTS SAY	CBS MarketWatch	10/30/02
GET READY FOR A RATE CUT	CNN Money	10/29/02
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE LOWEST SINCE '93	Washington Post	10/29/02
MONEY-MARKET YIELDS DROP BELOW 1%	CBS MarketWatch	10/27/02
S.& P. CUTS ITS RATING OF FORD DEBT TO RECORD LOW	New York Times	10/26/02
'TOUGH SPOT' FOR VERIZON ON DEBT FRONT	TheStreet.com	10/26/02
DIVIDED SEC NAMES WEBSTER ACCOUNTING WATCHDOG	Chicago Tribune	10/25/02
CAN LUCENT FIND THE LIGHT?	Business Week	10/25/02
DOWNGRADE IS DISNEY'S 3rd	New York Post	10/19/02
BEWARE THE BOND BUBBLE	CNN Money	10/19/02
ENRON BONDHOLDERS TO GET A LITTLE BACK	Washington Post	10/11/02
GOLDMAN SACHS UPGRADES VIEW ON ISRAEL CREDIT RATING	Israel Business Arena	10/11/02
FORD SHARES, BONDS, TAKE HIT ON DOWNGRADE	Reuters	10/8/02
SHARES OF MOODY'S RISE ON OUTLOOK	TheStreet.com	10/7/02
S&P CUTS DISNEY'S CREDIT RATING	Associated Press	10/4/02
FITCH AFFIRMS BLACK & DECKER SNR UNSECURED RATING	Fitch	10/2/02
EX-ENRON CFO TO BE CHARGED	CBS MarketWatch	10/1/02
STOCK MARKET ENDS ITS WORST QUARTER SINCE THE '87 CRASH	New York Times	9/30/02
XEROX SHARES SLIDE AFTER RESTATEMENT	CBS MarketWatch	9/28/02
IS IT TOO LATE FOR BONDS?	CNN Money	9/26/02
FED LEAVES RATES ALONE	CNN Money	9/24/02
MORTGAGE RATES FALL TO LOWS LAST SEEN IN '60S	USA Today	9/23/02
FITCH LOWERS RATINGS FOR CIGNA, LINCOLN NATIONAL	Philadelphia Business Journal	9/21/02
FED TO WAIT -- UNTIL NOVEMBER	CNN Money	9/20/02
LUCENT CLOSES BELOW $1	Star Ledger	9/19/02
SALES OF MUNICIPAL BONDS SOAR, BUT RISKS LOOM	New York Times	9/15/02
STOCKS SEEN LAGGING BONDS OVER 20 YEARS	Reuters	9/14/02
GROSS PREDICTS DOW 5,000	CNN Money	9/6/02
TO GREENSPAN, 90'S BUBBLE WAS BEYOND REACH OF FED	New York Times	8/30/02
KEEP AN EYE ON BONDS FOR CLUES OF STOCK MOVEMENTS	Financial Post	8/29/02
WILLIAM C. DUDLEY OF GOLDMAN, SACHS ON FED AND RATES	Boston Globe	8/18/02
VULTURE CULTURE	Barrons	8/17/02
MOST FIRMS CERTIFY BOOKS	Los Angeles Times	8/15/02
CONSECO TO MISS BOND PAYMENTS	Los Angeles Times	8/11/02
ADD BONDS FOR BALANCE, BUT NOTE THE RISKS IN RATES	Philadelphia Inquirer	8/11/02
DESPITE SPECULATION OF RATE CUT, FED TO HOLD STEADY	Barrons	8/10/02
WORLDCOM AUDITORS FIND MORE ERRORS	Washington Post	8/9/02
FED UNLIKELY TO CUT RATES, REGARDLESS OF RUMORS	Washington Post	8/9/02
MORTGAGE RATES HIT NEW LOWS	CNN Money	8/8/02
WALL STREET EXPECTS FED RATE CUT, BUT NOT NEXT WEEK	USA Today	8/7/02
DON'T COUNT ON THE FED	CNN Money	8/6/02
FITCH AFFIRMS WELLPOINT HEALTH NETWORKS	Reuters	8/5/02
FUTURE MIGHT STILL BE BRIGHT FOR POLAROID AFTER ITS SALE	Chicago Sun-Times	8/5/02
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD: 2 NOMINEES BEFORE SENATE AFTER COMMITTEE'S 20-1 VOTE	Chicago Tribune	8/1/02
BEAUTIFYING BALANCE SHEETS WAS ROUTINE. IS IT NOW A CRIME?	New York Times	7/31/02
BUSH SIGNS SWEEPING LEGISLATION AIMED AT CURBING BUSINESS FRAUD	Wall Street Journal	7/31/02
QWEST REVISION MAY TAKE MONTHS	Los Angeles Times	7/30/02
QWEST WILL RESTATE RESULTS	CBS MarketWatch	7/29/02
TRACKING BONDS BY WATCHING STOCKS	New York Times	7/28/02
ALAN: MARKETS NEED RATE CUT	New York Post	7/28/02
MARYLAND MAINTAINS TOP BOND RATING	Baltimore Sun	7/27/02
BOND ISSUERS FIND RELUCTANT INVESTORS	FOX News	7/27/02
DOW SURGES 488 POINTS IN SECOND-LARGEST GAIN	Star Tribune	7/25/02
FOUNDER OF ADELPHIA AND 2 SONS ARRESTED	New York Times	7/25/02
HOUSE PASSES CORPORATE CRIME BILL	Washington Post	7/25/02
30-YEAR RATES HIT 31-YEAR LOW	CNN Money	7/25/02
WORLDCOM FILES RECORD BANKRUPTCY CASE	Washington Post	7/22/02
GREENSPAN URGES CAUTION	CNN Money	7/17/02
JUNK BONDS RECOVERING	New York Post	7/14/02
OUTLOOK GRIM FOR BONDS NEAR JUNK STATUS	Charolette Observer	7/14/02
IN PRAISE OF CORPORATE CORRUPTION	Bloomberg	7/12/02
SENATE OKS NEW CORPORATE CRIMINAL PENALTIES	Chicago Tribune	7/10/02
EX-WORLDCOM EXECS TAKE THE FIFTH	Washington Post	7/8/02
WORLDCOM BONDHOLDERS EYE SWAP	Philadelphia Inquirer	7/5/02
GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA REVISES RESULTS HIGHER	Bloomberg	7/5/02
XEROX DIRECTORS LEAVING BOARD	CNN Money	7/5/02
CAN JONAS SUCCEED WHERE EBBERS FAILED?	Forbes	7/3/02
ECONOMY, SCANDALS MAY KEEP FED FROM RAISING RATES	USA Today	7/1/02
STOCKS VS. BONDS: A RISK SCOREBOARD	New York Times	6/30/02
XEROX SHARES SLIDE AFTER RESTATEMENT	CBS MarketWatch	6/28/02
XEROX SHARES SLIDE AFTER RESTATEMENT	CBS MarketWatch	6/28/02
MORTGAGES RATES FALL TO LOWEST LEVELS SINCE NOVEMBER	Chicago Tribune	6/28/02
IN BLOSSOMING SCANDAL, CULPRITS ARE COUNTLESS	Washington Post	6/28/02
FED LEAVES INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED	Wall Street Journal	6/27/02
WORLDCOM HIT WITH FEDERAL FRAUD LAWSUIT	Los Angeles Times	6/27/02
FED: WHAT, US WORRY?	CNN Money	6/26/02
WORLDCOM SAYS ITS BOOKS ARE OFF BY $3.8 BILLION	Washington Post	6/26/02
WHAT'S THE FED WATCHING?	CNN Money	6/25/02
GLOOMY NEWS FUELS SPECULATION ANOTHER FED RATE CUT IS POSSIBLE	Wall Street Journal	6/24/02
ANOTHER TUMBLE GIVES STOCKS THEIR 5TH WEEK OF LOSSES	New York Times	6/22/02
FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS EXECUTIVES IN RITE AID PROBE	Wall Street Journal	6/22/02
ADELPHIA BANKRUPTCY BY MONDAY	CNN Money	6/21/02
SEC INVESTIGATING IMCLONE STATEMENTS; STOCK TUMBLES	New York Post	6/20/02
JURORS TURNED ON ANDERSEN	Chicago Sun-Times	6/17/02
ENRON PAID MANAGERS $681 MILLION EVEN AS FIRM SLID TOWARD COLLAPSE	Wall Street Journal	6/17/02
THE JUSTICE DEPT. IS JUST WARMING UP	Business Week	6/17/02
QWEST CEO NACCHIO QUITS; TELLABS' NOTEBAERT TAKES JOB	Bloomberg	6/17/02
XO FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION	Internet News	6/17/02
MARTHA SCRUTINY HEATS UP	CNN Money	6/14/02
IMCLONE'S FORMER CHIEF IS ARRESTED ON INSIDER-TRADING CHARGES	New York Times	6/12/02
ADELPHIA SAYS RESULTS WERE OVERSTATED	Los Angeles Times	6/11/02
PROSPEROUS CHEATERS	Boston Globe	6/11/02
TYCO FIRES GENERAL COUNSEL AMID PROBE	Boston Globe	6/11/02
SEC PROBES XO COMMUNICATIONS	CNN Money	6/11/02
MOODY'S PARES SPRINT RATING TO NOTCH ABOVE JUNK STATUS	Wall Street Journal	6/10/02
FITCH AFFIRMS BELLSOUTH'S $14B DEBT	Raleigh Business Journal	6/9/02
SHAKEN TRUST STIRS A RETREAT FROM THE MARKET	Boston Globe	6/9/02
TELCO DEBT NOW EXCEEDS S&L, JUNK BOND LEVELS	Financial Post	6/7/02
PROFIT COMEBACK	New York Post	6/6/02
NADER TAKES SHOT AT NBA	New York Post	6/6/02
MOODY'S CUTS ADELPHIA, SEES 'IMMINENT BANKRUPTCY'	USA Today	6/5/02
IF BANKRUPTCY LOOMS FOR ADELPHIA, IT MAY NOT BE SUCH A BAD THING	Barrons	6/5/02
OFFICIAL'S DEATH CAUSES SELLING OF EL PASO STOCK	Houston Chronicle	6/4/02
PROSECUTOR: FORMER TYCO CEO TRIED TO DODGE $1 MILLION IN SALES TAX ON ART	Boston Globe	6/4/02
QWEST SHAREHOLDERS ANGRY	CNN Money	6/4/02
PROTECT YOUR BONDS	Forbes	5/31/02
ENRON: OBSTACLES TO JUSTICE	CNN Money	5/30/02
GLOBAL CROSSING GOING BEGGING	Forbrs	5/30/02
ANDERSEN DEFENSE BEGINS	Chicago Sun-Times	5/29/02
DYNEGY'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE QUITS AMID INVESTIGATION OF TRADES	New York Times	5/28/02
BONDS: THE DAY OF THE VULTURE	Business Week	5/27/02
QWEST DISPUTES RATING, SAYS DEX SALE ON TRACK	Denver Post	5/24/02
FED OFFICIALS HINT THEY'LL LEAVE RATES ALONE	Houston Chronicle	5/24/02
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS CREDIT RATING CUT TO JUNK BY S&P	Bloomberg	5/23/02
RATING DECISIONS SEEM SLOW, STABILITY KEY-MOODY'S	Reuters	5/23/02
E&Y CASE HAS EVERYTHING BUT A VICTIM	Forbes	5/22/02
SEC SAYS ERNST & YOUNG VIOLATED INDEPENDENCE RULES IN PAST AUDITS	Wall Street Journal	5/21/02
MERRILL SETTLES PROBE	CNN Money	5/21/02
ANDERSEN BIG CAUGHT ON TAPE	New York Post	5/21/02
MUTUAL FUNDS: CONSIDER JUNK BOND FUNDS AS ECONOMY RECOVERS	Star Tribune	5/19/02
TAKE LONG VIEW OF SHORT-TERM BONDS	Los Angeles Times	5/19/02
MERRILL LYNCH LONG-TERM RATINGS CUT TO AA- FROM AA, OUTLOOK NEGATIVE	Ananova	5/18/02
TOKYO SEES END OF RECESSION, BUT OTHERS ARE NOT SO SURE	New York Times	5/18/02
SMELLING OPPORTUNITY, SCHWAB TAKES AIM AT BROKERS' BUY RATINGS	Investors Business Daily	5/17/02
US AIRWAYS PINS HOPES ON LABOR'S HELP	USA Today	5/17/02
TRUMP HOTELS CANCELS $470 MILLION MORTGAGE BOND SALE	Bloomberg	5/17/02
ADELPHIA MISSES DEBT PAYMENTS	Smart Money	5/17/02