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High-yield bond ETF offers 9%

BOND OF THE WEEK: Junk bond yields have spiked higher, and look tempting if you can manage the risk

Spending cuts: a modest start

MARKETS: This week's public spending cuts are small in themselves. But they are just the start.

ETFS suits those with a yen for forex

FUND PROFILE: If you think the yen is heading for the rocks, here's a low-cost way to play it

Gold & the dollar: a turbulent relationship

MARKETS: The correlation between gold and the dollar is not as stable as you'd think.

Osborne's clever giveaway

MARKETS: There is a case for creating the OBR - just not the one that George Osborne gives

The policy risks to sterling

Cutting government borrowing could cause a big fall in sterling, and bring quantitative easing back.

A preference for NatWest

BOND OF THE WEEK: Preference shares are inherently risky compared with bonds but NatWest's 9% offering might prove as boringly reliable as the pre-RBS bank

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How to use our new suite of markets and company data, portfolio, alerting and screening tools

Bund yield blues

BOND OF THE WEEK: Despite the European Central Bank's massive sovereign debt bailout, the flight to quality German bonds might not be over yet, with the accompanying pressure on yields

Hellenic hell to continue

Greece faces years of pain and could still default. Both would be bad for Europe's banks