What really happened to U.S. bond yields

Financial Analysts Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 41-49

  Best, Peter ^a   Byrne, Alistair ^b   Ilmanen, Antti ^c  

^a AMP Asset Management   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Equitable Asset Management   (United Kingdom)

^c Salomon Smith Barney in London   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013344828     PISSN: 0015198X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v54.n3.2179     Document Type: Review

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