Home Guides & Resources chevron_right Economy and the Markets Today’s Market Takeaways: October 16, 2020 Published October 16, 2020 Investors continue to dwell on open questions surrounding a stimulus package and vaccine. Vice President Steve Johnson discusses these questions, corporate earnings and the international bondA financial instrument representing an IOU from the borrower to the lender. Bond issuers promise to pay bond holders a given amount of interest for a pre-determined amount of time until the loan is repaid in full (otherwise known as the maturity date). Bonds can have a fixed or floating interest rate. Fixed-rate bonds pay out a pre-determined amount of interest each year, while floating-rate bonds can pay higher or lower interest each year depending on prevailing market interest rates. market in Today’s Market Takeaways. Tags: coronavirusvideo