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To: James C. Mc Gowan who wrote (8853)11/20/1998 12:06:00 PM
From: Stoctrash  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 44573
 
>>American Century Benham Target Maturity( 2005,2010,2015,2020) fit >>with your bond buy signal, or is it best to buy individual bonds?

I have experience with these...they are a great way to play the Bondos. Also take peek at RYGBX...Rydex Gov't Bond, on the long side.

RYJUX..Rydex Juno is a NEGATIVE BETA bond fund...so when you want to be short the bonds go here.

As far as indivdual issues....why mess around with all them trading costs if you plan on trading them? Liquidity and a no load fund are hard to beat for the average joe. Size also matters...well, you know what I mean :-)



To: James C. Mc Gowan who wrote (8853)11/20/1998 3:29:00 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 44573
 
James,

I don't know how much I can add to what Fred already posted. I think you can just buy any size 30 year government treasury you want from your broker, I really don't know, I never went that route. Each bond futures contract represents a $100K treasury contract, I believe the Mid-America Exchange also trades minibond futures and is half the value.

Please post what you find out, maybe others might be interested.

GZ