Barclays Bank shares rose 72% on January 27th
Source: Digital Look
I don’t know what annoys me more: That Barclays Bank shares rose 72% on Monday while I was still finishing off a post suggesting they might be worth a punt, or that I didn’t buy any myself.
Oh ‘greedy’ side of the fear-greed investing equation, how we’ve missed you.
There are three main things that drive changes in a corporate bond’s yield and so its price:
Just as governments issue bonds to finance public spending, so companies issue bonds to raise money to invest in their business.
For companies, corporate bonds provide an alternative to raising money by issuing shares. For private investors, corporate bonds offer the opportunity to buy a fixed income in exchange for an investment of capital.
All types of corporate bonds share common traits that you need to understand before you consider an investment.
Honestly, I despair. The day before the UK Government unveils a second banking rescue package worth hundreds of billions of pounds and RBS (once one of the world’s largest banks) falls 67% to become a penny stock, the Conservative party apparatus circulates a press release concerning… Value Added Tax in a Government gift shop.
