Endnotes

Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

1 Technically, Treasury bonds is the name applied to Treasury borrowing for periods exceeding ten years, whereas borrowings for one to ten years are called Treasury notes. The Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Total Return Index listed in Table 2-1 includes all outstanding Treasury notes and bonds.

2 Source: Mutual Fund Expert database, 2/28/2009.

3 National municipal bond fund average from Mutual Fund Expert database, 2/28/2009. This data covers 11/30/1976–2/28/2009, which is a shorter period than the other indexes listed in the table.

4 Source of yield data: http://www.federalreserve.gov, Federal Reserve release H.15, “Selected Interest Rates,” historical ...

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