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November 7, 2009 7:12:55 AM EST

US Government Benchmarks

Issue/Issuer Coupon Maturity Date Latest Discount Yield/Price Yield
4 Week Treasury Bill0.0003 Dec 20090.0500.000
13 Week Treasury Bill0.0004 Feb 20100.0500.000
26 Week Treasury Bill0.0006 May 20100.1600.125
2 Year Treasury Note0.00021 Oct 201099.7040.295
5 Year Treasury Note1.00031 Oct 2011100.2890.857
10 Year Treasury Note1.37515 Oct 2012100.0231.364
30 Year Treasury Bond2.37531 Oct 2014100.3362.302

Short Term Rates

Key Rates Date Average / Bid / Offer Rate
Prime Rate6 Nov 20093.25
Federal Funds Effective Rate5 Nov 20090.13
Discount Rate - NY Federal Reserve6 Nov 20090.5
1 Month LIBOR6 Nov 20090.24156
3 Month LIBOR6 Nov 20090.27406

Bonds & Rates News from Comtex

Raising Moody's Estimates
Saturday November 07, 2009 07:10:13 EST

Nov 07, 2009 (Zacks.com via COMTEX News Network) --

We are raising our estimates for Moody's Corp. (MCO) for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 and full year of fiscal 2010 due to continued resurgence in the company's results. Moody's is an industry leader in the credit rating industry and enjo (continued...)

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Identifying and Trading Turnaround Points

Some feel the latest rallies the markets have seen are due to the U.S. economic recovery being stronger than some statistics suggest or they credit the still-unknown effects of an early frost and a late, cool, wet harvest season for the price rally in corn and soybeans. But wheat? Why did wheat futures climb 25 percent in the first few weeks of October? Reports suggest wheat supplies are plentiful around the world, and the winter wheat crop seems to have gotten sown in generally better conditions than in recent years to set up the potential for good yields for the 2010 crop. Yet, wheat prices have rallied with other commodities after falling below $4.40 a bushel in early October. Read the full article.

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