From: penny@gaines.plus.com 
  
 Irene wrote in <1064505708.23932@isc.org>: 
  
 I'm posting as a news.groups reader; as a perhaps relevant aside, I live 
 in the UK. 
  
 [snip] 
 > misc.invest.bonds topics may include but are not limited to: 
 > Types of bonds and bond vehicles, including government (city, state, and 
 > federal), corporate, short-term (under approx. 3 years), long-term 
 > (approx. 10 years and over), bond mutual funds, new issue, highly rated 
 > (AAA), and junk bonds. Volatility of different bond vehicles. The effect 
 > of interest rate changes on bonds. Bond market indices. Investment houses 
 > dealing in bonds. Specific bonds and bond mutual funds on the market or 
 > about to be issued. Federal Reserve policy. Money market funds. Tax 
 > advantages of bonds. 
 [snip] 
  
 It seems to me that your topics are written from the POV of an American 
 investor.  Given that usenet is international, shouldn't you include some 
 refernece to international investing.  For instance, another topic might 
 be "the effect of exchange rates on bonds".  Another option would be to 
 change "government (city, state, and federal)" to read "government (city, 
 state, federal, and national)".  After all, non-US governements also issue 
 bonds. 
  
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 Penny Gaines 
 ten years on usenet 
  
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