NEW YORK, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bond Market Association announced
today that it's adding corporate bond prices to its web site
http://www.investinginbonds.com through the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine
(TRACE), a vehicle that was developed by the National Association of
Securities Dealers (NASD). Corporate bond prices are being added to a
comprehensive database that already includes information on municipal and
Treasury bonds, making http://www.investinginbonds.com the only website where
investors can get a comprehensive range of valuable bond prices and data free
of charge.
"The NASD and the Securities & Exchange Commission created TRACE to
provide investors with better information about transactions in corporate
bonds. With the NASD's recent expansion of the number of bonds covered by the
program, it's only fitting that The Bond Market Association make that
information available to retail investors in a user friendly and free way
through investinginbonds.com," commented Micah Green, president of the
Association.
An award winning website, http://www.investinginbonds.com will carry information
on all TRACE-eligible corporate bonds, free of charge on a
four-hour delayed basis, as provided under a contract with Reuters. Through a
searchable database, investors will be able to retrieve a wealth of data,
including the name of the issuer, CUSIP number, price, volume, and maturity.
The site also offers an historical trading history for each bond.
"The availability of free municipal, Treasury and corporate bond
information, including trade prices, is clearly an important tool for
investors and other market participants" said Mr. Green. "The Association has
long supported improved transparency in the bond markets and we are pleased to
play a critical role in getting important bond information to investors, which
will help them make better decisions."
With the inclusion of corporate bond information on
http://www.investinginbonds.com, the Association solidifies its role as the premier
source of user-friendly, free trade information on bonds. In addition to
prices, the site offers a wealth of pertinent information-from a general Bond
Basics guide to specific Investor's Guides on different types of bonds to a
yield calculator which displays individually calculated taxable versus
tax-free yields, to a comprehensive glossary. The site has been listed
several times as a "best site" by Forbes, Barron's, and Money among others.
Investors are also clearly interested. Internet users pay almost one
million separate visits a year to Investinginbonds.com , with the section
offering municipal bond prices being the most popular. The average reader
accesses the site through a consumer portal such as AOL and looks at ten pages
per visit.
Investinginbonds.com has two sister sites, tomorrowsmoney.org and a
Spanish-language counterpart, ahorrando.org. These sites offer easy-to-use
guides for people who want to learn how to save and invest, and provide
education, motivation, and basic knowledge of saving and investing principles.
The Bond Market Association represents securities firms and banks that
underwrite, trade and sell debt securities, both domestically and
internationally.
SOURCE Bond Market Association
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Related links:
http://www.bondmarkets.com
http://www.investinginbonds.com
CONTACT:
Jon Teall of The Bond Market Association,
+1-646-637-9279
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