Almost every investor in the country owns a bond. This ownership might be via bond mutual funds, investments in individual bonds be it corporate, government or municipal, or through the widely used target date funds. Each is prone to its…
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Mutual Funds, Bonds, Interest Rates and Bubbles
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The Overwhelming Temptation of Bonds: Flight from Safety
Years ago, when I wrote my first book (Building Wealth in a Paycheck-to-Paycheck World, McGraw-Hill, 2004) I introduced readers to the Professor. A grizzled old man fond of dirty jokes in uncomfortable settings, he exemplified what bond investors were or…
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The Overwhelming Temptation of Bonds: Investing in Bonds in 2011
In a way, describing all other investments – stocks, mutual funds, ETFs and commodities – seems easy. But when it comes to bonds, the telling of the tale of fixed income is so nuanced that one opinion usually cancels another.…See more ›
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