Although investing in Greek bonds was risky reflected in the high rates the bonds promised the regulations ignored the possibility of a loss.

Today, with interest rates near or at record lows in many countries, it is relatively cheap to speculate in gold instead of investing in bonds.

Bolder pensioners, desperate to generate higher returns, may take undue risks for example, investing in junk bonds that could jeopardize their nest eggs.

Until now, Americans have been raking in profits by borrowing cheaply from pliant foreigners and investing the money in high yield foreign equities, land, and bonds.

Investing in our youth means, as always, investing in our future.

Investing in development

National risk premia would then disappear, and German savers would have no problem investing their savings in the eurozone s periphery, knowing that the German government would ultimately underwrite these countries government bonds.

Investing in Happy Endings

C. Investing in physical infrastructure

Investing now in the survival, education and protection of children is indeed investing in the future of Haiti.

Euvin Naidoo on investing in Africa

Here is how the arithmetic works for an investor who rolls over ten year bonds for the next five years, thus earning 2 more each year than he would by investing in Treasury bills or bank deposits.

Investors would be able to buy Guatemala s coffee bonds, Côte d Ivoire s cocoa bonds, Liberia s rubber bonds, Mali s cotton bonds, and Ghana s gold bonds.

The environment investing in better resource management

The authorities will issue 35.2 billion in new securities, comprising 15 billion in par bonds, 11.9 billion in discount bonds and 8.3 billion in quasi par bonds.

Investing in young people is a prudent choice.

Foreign enterprises are increasingly investing in emerging markets.

Geoff Mulgan Post crash, investing in a better world

Nothing is more important than investing in maternal health.

'Not investing in refugees is a huge missed opportunity'

Not investing in refugees is a huge missed opportunity.

Investing in women is paramount for ensuring sustainable development.

Asian corporations have led the field in investing abroad.

South Africa is investing heavily to join the world s leaders in space research. The government is investing in micro satellites, building on its existing SumbandilaSat platform.

Jamaica, for example, would issue aluminum bonds Nigeria would issue oil bonds Sierra Leone would issue iron ore bonds and Mongolia would issue copper bonds.

Investing in maternal health should thus be a high priority.

Of course, investing in stocks is not a bad thing.

Investing in banks constitutes a double breach ethical and professional.

In the US, the interest rate on government bonds now rises from 1.80 at five years to 2.86 for 10 year bonds and 3.70 for 30 year bonds.

Inflation in the US or Europe would reduce the purchasing value of the dollar bonds or euro bonds.

So if you want to be in Africa, think about investing.

The US should be investing much more in peaceful economic development.

Investing in education is vital for Latin America and the Caribbean.

However, these enterprises face a number of challenges in investing overseas.

Policies and programmes to support developing country firms in investing abroad

Junk public bonds are no safer for them than junk private bonds.

So far, policymakers are talking only about exchanging old Greek bonds for cash (in buybacks) or new Greek bonds.

Consider investors in Fannie and Freddie bonds.

In 1999, KKR, an American investing firm, bought a controlling interest in LFZ.

The yen s rising value raises the yield on Japanese bonds relative to the yield on bonds denominated in other currencies.

Later, governments in Europe started issuing perpetual bonds (bonds with no maturity date) to fund wars and other government spending.

The use of perpetual bonds ceased in the 20th century, and currently governments issue bonds of limited term to maturity.

Of course, China is not investing in such infrastructure out of altruism.

After all, Libyan financial institutions have been investing in Italy for decades.

When businessmen and women are afraid, they stop investing in real assets.