LONDON (Reuters) - Institutional investors are ending the year with a burst of optimism, breaking a three-month decline in confidence, State Street said on Tuesday. The U.S. financial services firm said its global investor confidence index rose to 103.9 in December from 100.8 in November. A reading of ...

BONDS: FINDING THE SWEET SPOT When the final returns for 2009 are tallied, they'll likely show that investing in risky bonds was a can't-miss proposition this year: Everything from U.S. corporate "junk" bonds to emerging-market government issues rallied. Will the same hold true in 2010? "I wouldn ...