The CCO gives them a chance to earn a steady, bond-like payout but with a higher yield, thanks to its exposure to commodities.
There are dangers, however, that investors, and particularly retirees, need to evaluate carefully: Dividends aren't as steady as bond yields, and the value of a stock is likely to fluctuate much more severely than that of a high-quality bond.
But rents generally rise in line with inflation, so the percentage yield (income divided by price) is steady, whereas bonds pay a fixed income, so if inflation falls, and hence bond prices rise, the percentage yield falls.
Many investors who thought they were holding safe, steady municipal bonds have had some "very unpleasant surprises" recently, said Brian Tournier, fixed-income analyst at A. G. Edwards.
"We're just steady," said Bonds, who in the first two games after the All-Star Game hit his 29th and 30th home runs, giving him 475 for his career.
Stock prices rose on the news, the dollar held steady and although bond prices fell yields on ten-year Treasuries hit a six-month high of 4.5% on October 25th and rose thereafter they had seen worse.
We're supplied with a steady diet of Bond details: the cocktails, the food (there's even a recipe for salad dressing), the old colleagues (M, Moneypenny, Leiter), the gun and automobile fetishism and the exceptional yet willing women, in particular the very capable Efua Blessing Ogilvy-Grant.
Both sides may be still hoping that the gradual but steady narrowing of bond spreads in recent weeks (see the charts in my earlier post here) will obviate the need to ask the restive Bundestag for more money.Though ostensibly "independent", the ECB president, Mario Draghi, participates in European summits and proved instrumental on setting out a clearer timetable.
Largely on the basis of that pledge, several credit-rating agencies, including Fitch and Standard & Poor's, held their ratings of France Télécom's bonds steady.
GIANTS The Giants lack last season's powerful combo of Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent, but all they seem to really need is a steady bat behind Bonds.
The Bank of Canada, which was widely expected to cut rates this week, decided to keep them steady.And government-bond markets may also be set for turmoil.
