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The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Time to Buy These Beaten-Down Investments? Junk bonds have fallen, and investors are running scared. What's the smart move? |
The Motley Fool April 24, 2007 John Rosevear |
Bonds or Bond Funds? What's the best way to add bonds to your retirement portfolio? |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Right Way to Balance Stock Risk Stocks may be the investment that will make you rich. But once you've saved up a decent nest egg, you'll need other investments to help you stay rich. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Is This Junk Worth the Risk? Do high-risk bonds offering high rates belong in your portfolio? |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2005 |
What's a Bond? A bond is a loan from you to a company or government. If a company issues bonds, it's borrowing cash and promising to pay it back at a certain rate of interest. |
The Motley Fool July 18, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
4 Things to Buy Instead of Treasuries 401(k) reform may have had an unintended consequence. |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
What's a Bond? Think of bonds as IOUs, or long-term loans. |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Should You Bet on a Junk Bond Collapse? ProShares Short High-Yield ETF lets you short the junk bond market. |
The Motley Fool February 8, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
This Bond Bet Could Destroy Your Portfolio Although this strategy may work for short-term investors, the structural attributes of leveraged ETFs for bonds make this a potentially dangerous strategy for those betting on a more long-term macroeconomic trend. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Boring Bond ETFs? For income and diversification, consider bond ETFs. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Junk Bonds the Easy Way There's no need to guess which junk bonds will perform best. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How to Escape the Most Dangerous Investment Today Bill Gross says to steer clear of Treasuries. What should you do instead? |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
6 ETFs for the Second Great Depression Think deflation is here to stay? These ETFs have the answer. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff |
Is It True Bonds Have More Fun? A multi-year shift by investors out of equity mutual funds and into equity exchange-traded funds is now broadening to include fixed income, too, as investors seek lower fees as well as the relative ease of shifting asset allocations afforded by ETFs. |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
How Bond Funds Can Burn You There are many traps for this "safe" investment. |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Fixed-Income Fever The fixed-income universe for ETF investors has been limited to shades of gray rather than a full palette, until now. Two of BGI's new funds are mixed government/credit funds options, which invest in U.S. government and investment-grade corporate securities. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why Bonds Might Not Crash After All History doesn't leave it a foregone conclusion. |
The Motley Fool March 21, 2011 Jacob Roche |
A New Approach to Bond Funds Maturity-date funds take much of the risk out of bond funds. |
The Motley Fool September 19, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Muni Madness The first municipal bond ETFs are on the market. With low expense ratios, and tax-exempt interest, they represent an interesting way to invest in muni bonds. |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
The Hidden Danger Inside Your Portfolio Think you're diversified? Think again. The recent flight to safety in the fixed-income markets reveals the distinctions among different types of bonds. |
Registered Rep. January 27, 2011 Stan Luxenberg |
Don't Dump Your Muni Mutual Funds The municipal default rate remains tiny, and yields on high-quality bonds are relatively rich. |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Are Far From Risk-Free Don't get seduced by bonds. |
The Motley Fool January 3, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Going Global With Bonds International investing isn't just about stocks. With yields on Treasury bonds still hovering below 5%, the high yields offered by some foreign issuers can look extremely appealing. |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Time to Sell This Junk? Junk bonds are getting pricey again. |
The Motley Fool February 15, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Save Yourself From the Bond Bear The possibility of losses in bonds has some people running scared, but you should stay smart. |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The True Risk of Bond ETFs Rising interest rates will hurt more than you might expect. |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
6 Bond ETFs to Avoid Steer clear of these precarious picks. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2010 Robert Brokamp |
Bonds vs. Bond Funds Which compliments your portfolio? |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Bonds Aren't as Good as They Look But people keep buying them. |
Financial Advisor July 2011 Michelle Knight |
Rethinking Bond ETFs Most investors buy bond ETFs at a premium and sell at a discount, a dynamic that is an undeniable black mark on fixed-income ETFs. |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
6 Bond ETFs for Today's Market In case you haven't noticed, bonds are the new black. |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Amanda B. Kish |
Don't Buy This Junk The high-yield "junk" bond sector of the market has been on fire this year, but you should leave these bonds in the bin. |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The Risky Business of Mortgage-Backed Bonds Mortgage-backed securities can be attractive, but be aware of their risks. |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
This Rally Is So Over While bonds still serve a vital role in every investor's portfolio, just make sure you're not banking your entire future on them. |
The Motley Fool March 7, 2005 |
Bonds and Interest Rates Bond prices move in strange ways -- learn why. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
The Truth Behind Treasuries' Lousy January T-Bonds held strong while stocks collapsed -- until last month. What happened? |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
When Safe Investments Aren't Particularly risk-averse investors have always assumed they had one safe haven: bonds. But those who consider bonds completely safe for their money can be unpleasantly surprised. |
Financial Advisor February 2008 Marla Brill |
The Bond ETF Explosion The ETF space is getting crowded. The number of fixed-income exchange-traded funds has exploded to include both portfolios based on broad indexes as well as ETFs consisting of emerging market, municipal and high-yield securities. |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Death of Bonds? You shouldn't give up on bonds entirely, but neither should you rely on them to support you without help from other investments. |
The Motley Fool September 24, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Muni Bond ETFs Take Center Stage If you are looking for a cheap way to get into the municipal bond market, some of these new Muni Bond ETFs might be right for you. |
The Motley Fool February 24, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
How to Invest in the Bond Bubble How do you invest in an inflated but necessary sector edging toward bubble territory? |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Why Is Buffett Buying Bonds? Recent purchases show that Berkshire is buying more bonds than stocks. Why? |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Stuart Bromberg |
The Muni Option Municipal bonds and bond funds are still reasonably cheap and offer tax-free ballast to diversify a portfolio. But when advising clients about municipal bonds, it's important to assess whether the investors could be subject to the alternative minimum tax. |
The Motley Fool April 3, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Home on the Exchange The ETF BGI's iShares Lehman MBS Fixed-Rate Bond Fund, featuring mortgage-back securities, gives investors fixed income with a better yield. |
The Motley Fool January 22, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
How to Invest With Deflation Deflation is a much rarer economic phenomenon than inflation; the last time it happened in the United States was in the 1930s. If inflation is bad, shouldn't deflation be good? Well, we all know how the 1930s worked out. |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill |
A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios. |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2008 Amanda B. Kish |
Bill Gross to Investors: Run Away! Which segment of the market the world's largest bond fund is avoiding, and a look at bond ETFs. |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Use These Free ETFs To Get Rich TD AMERITRADE's enviably wide array of ETFs can help you build the perfect portfolio. |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
5 ETFs You Need to Get Rich These five ETFs give you nearly everything you need in order to build wealth. |
AskMen.com Michael Estrin |
Investing In Bonds Having some bonds in your portfolio is not only a good way to make money, it's also a great way to diversify. Here's what you need to know before you invest in the bond market. |