This is all done OTC. You will have to approach people holding them directly.

Oh.. OTC very simply means Over The Counter. Meaning not traded on the exchange.

Well, someone doing asset management in an insurance company might be able to tell you more about the bond market in Malaysia.

Mm actually there are plans to make Bonds more easily traded through secuirty companies. They are planning to make a system to track bonds just like your stocks electronically. I don't know the details though.

Well generally that is true but bonds can be highly speculated also. Buying bonds grade BBB and below will give you higher coupons together with much higher risk than your FD. Also ratings can be speculated on as well. You can speculate on bonds which have been rerated much lower recently and sell it off at a much higher price. Eg. Lets say during a country's crisis a bonds par value can drop significantly from the usall 1000 to lets say 400. So you may want to speculate and buy when it is at 400 with the gamble that it may run up to say 800 again.

Additionally you can speculate base on interest rates. Interest rates are negatively correlated with a bond's par value. If you expect interest rates to drop you could speculate by buying bonds.

I don't think that is possible. You are usually buying the bonds directly from another person/company. Unless that person/company lets you pay later maybe.

But you most likely don't want to do something like contra. Changes in bond prices are not that fast really unless it is coming down.



This post has been edited by Lcsx: Aug 2 2007, 07:02 AM