Image by Â©iStock.com/nicoolay. Marijuanaâalso called weed, herb, pot, grass, bud, ganja, Mary Jane, and a vast number of other slang termsâis a greenish-gray mixture of the dried, shredded leaves and flowers of Cannabis sativa, the hemp plant.
Municipal Bond Ratings. What is a Bond Rating. A bond rating performs the isolated function of credit risk evaluation. A bond rating does not constitute a recommendation to invest in a bond and does not take into consideration the risk preference of the investor. While many factors go into the investment decision making process, the bond rating is often the single most important factor affecting the interest cost on bonds.
Technically, a Treasury bond is a U.S. government debt security with a maturity of at least 10 years, but as of 2012 all newly-issued Treasury bonds had 30-year maturities. Treasury bonds pay a stated fixed rate of interest every six months and can be redeemed for their face value upon maturity. There is an active secondary market for government securities, allowing investors to buy and sell previously issued Treasury bonds.