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To: hdl who wrote (215852)1/21/2003 10:50:33 PM
From: LLCF  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
<you pay the same for a bond at par as you do for one trading at 20% of par. so, you pay 5 times as much in commissions for the same purchase amount. besides, you get killed by the spread>

1.) You should only be paying the spread with zero commish.
2.) I don't pay commish :) [pay an annual fee and trade free]... everything, Canadians, whatever.
3.) When things settle down [ie. the bonds have been trading in a range for a while, spreads can get very tight... ie. ELN, PCS and other large telecoms, SEPR... large issues aren't bad IMO.
4.) You have to go with a decent size house that makes markets in bonds most likely.

DAK
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