Sources For Bond Price and Trade Data

This New York Times article, "A Few Tools For Do-It-Yourself Bond Trading" mentions some excellent sources for bond data. Of these, www.investinginbonds.com, a Web site run by the Bond Market Association is definitely worth a look. On their website, you'll find:

• A good section on "bond basics"
• News about bonds and bond markets
• Data on recent trades and prices
• Coverage of all major markets (corporate, federal government, municiple)

The Web makes bringing real world data into the classroom easy (particularly if you have a net hookup and a projector in the room).