Bonds help add diversity to your portfolio and control risk. But they can be complicated. Learning about how to buy and sell a bond is just as important as why to buy or sell a bond. These two things ...

One of the ways that many investors shore up their portfolios is by adding bonds, particularly U.S. government bonds. Treasury securities can provide investors with a reasonable expectation of safety ...

BOSTON — Baby boomers fully embraced the stock market by riding its ups and downs throughout their peak income years. But now that the oldest boomers are turning 65, their focus has turned toward ...

Bonds can help diversify your portfolio, but they are not risk-free. Find out how bonds work and how to put them to work for you. The market value of the bonds you own will decline if interest rates ...

Bonds help add diversity to your portfolio and control risk. But they can be complicated. Zero-coupon bonds are cheaper to invest in than conventional bonds but have some unique characteristics that ...

In the old Groucho Marx TV show, a duck would come down and say the magic word. Today, that magic word might be “after tax.” Retirees and other investors are challenged to generate as much income as ...

The world bond markets are many times larger than the collective stock markets, both in monetary value of bonds outstanding and in dollar value of bonds traded on a daily basis. Yet, investors seem to ...

In a previous post, I took a closer look at the significance of duration, which measures the sensitivity of a bond's price to changes in interest rates. When you buy a bond you take on interest rate ...

Bonds sound boring, but they're not. They are more than just a nice safe haven for rich and retired folks who never want to lose money. They have an important role to play in your investment plan for ...