Bond Market. Have you ever searched the internet for information on corporate bond issues? Were you surprised at how difficult it was to find pricing information? Well, here is an article that says that starting October 1, the NASD will be making information about bonds easily available at this site.
Individual investors already make 65% of all trades in the $4.6 trillion corporate bond market alone, the NASD says.
At the NASD Web site, you can look up investment-grade corporate bonds and a few high-yield bonds. You can also run screens based on maturity, coupon rate, credit rating, industry group or trading date.