a. Given the recent uncertainty about future interest rates, investors are fleeing from zero-coupon bonds. b. Catrell

Question:

a. "Given the recent uncertainty about future interest rates, investors are fleeing from zero-coupon bonds."
b. "Catrell Insurance Company invests heavily in bonds, and its stock price increased substantially today in response to the Fed's signal that it plans to reduce interest rates."
c. "Bond markets declined when the Treasury flooded the market with its new bond offering."
Interpret the following comments made by Wall Street analysts and managers.
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