Best sites for Bonds
Bonds come in a large variety of forms. There are Treasury bonds, corporate bonds, municipal bonds. The duration of a bond can be anything from 1 year to 30 years. Some carry a fixed coupon while others have a variable coupon and are referred to as floating rate notes. The credit rating attached to a bond issuer will be a key determinant of its required yield. Below are some of the best sites dealing with bonds on the internet.

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1)bloomberg.com
This is great for bond markets, we have linked directly to the bond news section. On bloomberg there is also data and charts on bond yields and you can plot yield curves.

2) morningstar.com
Great for all types of bonds, government, corporate and municipals.

3) InvestinginBondseurope.org
Covers bond basics, useful educational information, data and market news and commentary. Focus on European issuers.

4) pimco.com
The biggest bond fund manager globally. There website is full of information about bonds and we particularly like their education center.

5) risk.net/credit
Credit Magazine looks at major  issues for bond investors.

6) investinginbonds.com
Run by SIMFA covers municipal, corporate and Treasury bonds. Includes sovereign bonds and bond market indices.

7) moodys.com
One of the key credit rating agencies for bonds. A good place to check out what bond ratings mean.

8)standardandpoors.com
The other key bond rating agency rates corporates, municipal and sovereign bonds.

9) FitchRatings.com
Fitch is the third biggest credit rating agency. It deals with structured finance and emerging market sovereign debt as well as the usual domestic bonds

9) finance.yahoo.com/bonds
Covers the basics of the bond markets, provides bond quotes including yield curves  and municipal bonds. It also has a nice bond glossary.

10) Bondsonline.com
A good place for investors of bonds. Provides credit rating news, global bond yields, quotes, charts and even research.

11) Bondsonlinequotes.com
This is a great alternative to Bloomberg for the retail investor who wants bond price and yield quotes. There are Reuters corporate bond spreads, bond prices for both municipal bonds and corporate bonds over 3 million bonds re in the system.

12) Defaultrisk.com
A huge resource for credit risk modelling and corporate debt. It also contains some 1500 articles on credit risk for downloading.

13) FMSbonds.com
A site that specializes in municipal bonds. Information on yields, bond offerings and the latest news on the muni-bond market.

14) Cbonds.info
Provides an extensive coverage of emerging market bonds especially in Eastern Europe. News, yields, ratings and league tables of lead managers.

15) Creditwritedowns.com
A very good website with the latest news from the credit markets. Links to many up to date articles.

16) Learnbonds.com
A good site to get the basics of bonds. It has a number of useful lessons that cover key issues such as credit ratings, the yield curve and bond mutual funds.

17) Bondbuyer.com
Covers breaking news, new issues, muni bonds, private placements and some excellent special reports.

18) IFRE.com
International Financing Review is a weekly online publication covering bonds, structured finance, equities and derivatives. Good analysis and data.

19) Tradeweb.com
Deals with fixed income and over the counter derivatives. The have an excellent trading platform for institutional clients.

20) Reuters.com/finance/bonds
The Reuters bond page gives up to date news and analysis of government, corporate and mini bonds. Including the latest upgrades and downgrades.

21) Finra.com/bond
The above links to the FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) bond webpage giving information on most actively traded bonds.

22) BondVigilantes.com
This blog is run by M&G and deals with a variety of topics of interest to bond investors such as inflation, interest rates, the global economy. Covers the whole range of bonds from AAA Treasuries to junk bonds and emerging market debt.

23) Investinginbonds.eu
This site is run by the Association for Financial Markets Europe and is a great way to learn about bonds. Some 40 organizations contribute expertise, price and ratings data. There is also commentary and analysis and educational content.

24) MarketAxess.com
Marketaxess is a electronic trading platform delivering valuable  technology solutions for the  institutional credit markets. Has details and info on bonds and credit default swaps.

25) BondView.com
If you are interested in Municipal bonds then BondView is an excellent resource. There is price information, professional reports, portfolio monitoring, ratings information, commentary and education center.

26) BondSquawk.com
Covers government, municipal and corporate bonds. There is good coverage of economic news relevant to the bond market along with an excellent education center.

27) Bonds.about.com
The about.com website has a very good coverage of bonds covering issues such as credit ratings, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, yield curves, bond basics, duration etc. You can also search for other topics in the search bar.

28) Bondmarketinvesting.com
This is a basic information website for the beginner investing in bonds. It covers issues such as different types of bonds, price movements and investing in bonds as an asset class.

29) finra-markets.morningstar.com/bondnews
The Finra Bond news and commentary section is a very useful resources for the latest bond news.

30) africanbondmarkets.org
This website is run by  the African Financial Markets Initiative (AFMI) and provides insights into the bond markets in Africa. There is a guide to buying bonds in each country and profiles of the African countries.

31) cocobonds.com
Coco bonds are conditional convertible bonds and this website is full of information and news on the latest Coco bond developments.

32) LeveragedLoans.com
Thus website is specialized in covering the impotant leveraged loan market in which low grade issuers issue debt onto the market which is then bought by banks and non bank market particiapnts.

33) Six-swiss-exchange.com/yieldcurves
This site provides useful plots of yiled curves and swap rates. You can also compare two countries yield curves on the same chart.

34) Highyieldbond.com
This site provides tons of info. As well a nice primer on what high yield bonds are, there is news about the sector and also information on non investment grade bonds. We like the market stats page which gives states on secured, unsecured and subordinated issuance.

35) spratings.com/home
The Standard and Poors rating site is a great place to keep up to date with capital and bond market developments. There are loads of informative  articles and videos looking at various developments.

36) MacroBond.com
This data provider provides a wide range of bond and macroeconomic data from sources such as Markit, Morningstar. JP Morgan and Merril Lynch.

37) structuredcreditinvestor.com
This site covers the latest news on Asset Backed Securities, Credit Default Swaps and Collateralized Debt obligations. There is also data and useful research reports.

38) BondFunds.com
This site as well as giving an overview of the operation of the bond market is focusssed on getting investors to understand the difference beween investing in bonds or in bond funds. You can aslo search different types of bond funds suchs as corporate, government, high yield, municipals etc

39) MunicipalBonds.com
This site is ficussed on the full range of municipal bonds. There is a news section and under the research section you can look up the credit ratings of various states and entities.

40) GlobalCapital.com
Global capital is a leading news, opinion and data service for people and institutions working in the global capital markets. It covers sectors such as corporate bonds, Bank Finance, Covered Bonds, Corporate Bonds, Emerging Markets, Loans, Leveraged Finance, RMB, Equity and Securitization.

41) Globalcapital.com/data/all-league-tables
A collections of various league tables of covering mergers and acquisitions, leverage finance, corporate bonds, currencies and revenue etc

42) finance.yahoo.com/bonds
The yahoo finance pages has one dedicated to developments in the bond market. The composite bonds page is particularly informative giving yields on various bonds with differing terms to maturity.

43) Barrons.com/bonds
The Barrons website has an excellent page on bonds. There is a lot of free news and data but you need to be a subscriber to access much of the material.

44) creditmarketdaily.com
If you are interested in European bonds, yields, issuance and fund performance then this website has ample information.The home of credit market analysis for the European markets.  Spread, issuance, yield, returns & fund performance data plus daily expert independent commentary.

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