The bonds have fixed interest rates. Participants buy and sell bonds directly from the issuing companies or trade bonds with a previous bond owner. To reap best profits, you need to trade in the bond market during the “Power Hours”. The bond market is divided into different categories like municipal bonds, government bonds, corporate bonds, mortgage securities and securities backed by assets. Investors can deal in a bond market through close-end funds, bond funds, as well as unit-investment funds. The biggest bond market in the world is the New York Stock Exchange, popularly referred to NYSE. It opens at 9.30 am and continues working till 4 pm. While the Swiss exchange trades between 9:15 am and 5:00 pm, the Denmark exchange open between 8.30 in the morning and 5 in the evening. In Austria, the trading hours of the bond market starts at 12.30 am and goes on till 1:30 pm. The Stockholm bond market works between 9 am and 4:15 pm. The official working hours in Finland starts at 10 am and closes at 6:20 pm. Bond trading in Iceland is carried out between 10 am and 3:20 pm. The trading hours of Korean bond market is 9 am until 3 pm. Bond market is closed in all countries on public and national holidays. Other important holidays are announced well in advance to the participants.
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