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The Motley Fool
May 11, 2011
Alex Dumortier |
Don't Even Think About Owning Treasury Bonds The disclosure by PIMCO in April that fund manager Bill Gross is betting against Treasury bonds in the Total Return Fund -- the world's largest bond fund -- made a lot of noise.   |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
2007's Big Surprise Mutual funds that invest in Treasury securities have put in an unexpectedly good performance in 2007, giving broader-market indexes a run for their money. |
Financial Advisor
May 2006
Marla Brill |
The Inverted Yield Curve Ride Despite assurances that a recession appears unlikely, many investors are taking a cautious stance on the bond market, while giving more play to cash and shorter-term securities. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2009
Todd Wenning |
Stocks to Fight the Coming Inflation Wave Now's the time to prepare your portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2011
Stoyan Bojinov |
Inflation ETF Special: 25 ETF Ideas to Fight Rising Prices There's no silver bullet that is guaranteed to offset inflation, but there are dozens of ETFs that may be useful for those worried about the impact of rising prices on their portfolio. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2002
Stan Luxenberg |
Calming the Terrified Client For most clients, however, there are options more lucrative than principal-protection funds that provide a respectable return without assuming the risk of straight equity funds. Consider, for example, closed-end municipal bond funds. |
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
July 18, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
4 Things to Buy Instead of Treasuries 401(k) reform may have had an unintended consequence. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
TIPS: Headed for Heartbreak? Inflation-protected bonds aren't invulnerable to a falling bond market. |
BusinessWeek
June 25, 2009
James C. Cooper |
Housing's Tentative Gains In a tricky balancing act meant to support the nascent housing recovery, the Fed suggests it might spend more to keep interest rates low, while trying to soothe investors' inflation fears. |
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. |
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
January 24, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
Slam-Dunk Investment TIPS for 2009 There is a lesson here about Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, TIPS, for all investors who wish to protect their assets -- even those who consider themselves purely stock investors. |
BusinessWeek
February 7, 2005
Robert Barker |
Still Sweet On Dividend Stocks Still under 3%, the yields on five-year, AAA-rated municipal bonds won't be funding many ocean cruises this winter. That's why I've been keeping my eye on an alternative: dividend-paying stocks. |
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2009
John Rosevear |
Get More Gain Despite the Pain How can you put together an investing plan when the economy is so uncertain? |
BusinessWeek
February 4, 2010
Tara Kalwarski |
How to Fix Your Bond Mix Here's how three funds allocate bonds for people retiring in 2010 |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2009
Todd Wenning |
Stocks That Keep Paying You Back Jumping into bonds isn't a bad thing, but investors do need to keep a few things in mind. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2010
Peng Chen |
The Inflation Scenario Both traditional stocks and bonds are quite likely to suffer in high inflationary environments, while inflation-indexed bond returns tend to be quite stable across different inflation environments. |
Registered Rep.
October 4, 2013
Stan Luxenberg |
Getting Yield in Short Duration Bonds Should you shift all your bond allocation to shorter issues? Probably not. Over long periods, intermediate bonds have outdone short-term issues by wide margins. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2012
Scott Colyer |
Failed TIPS On the surface, TIPS would appear to protect investors, but there are inherent problems. For starters, if the securities are held in a taxable account, investors pay an ordinary tax rate on income they will not receive until maturity. |
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
3 Signs Deflation Is Here (and 1 Protective Strategy) Are you prepared? The best stocks to own represent companies with low debt and a defensible franchise. |
The Motley Fool
May 16, 2006
John Dutemple |
Hot TIPS to Heed Stocks are best for the long run, but TIPS (Treasury-issued bonds) have a place in a diversified portfolio, too. With higher interest rates, they could pay off in the short run. |
The Motley Fool
January 24, 2005
Mathew Emmert |
Think Dividend Stocks, Not Bonds Bonds aren't compelling investments in today's market. This dividend fan tells you why. |
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. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2011
Jerry Webman |
The End Of The Bond Empire? Now, investors reasonably ask whether fixed income investments actually have a future. My answer is that they do. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2011
Donald Jay Korn |
Buoyant Bonds The world seems to be awash in debt, especially government debt. Considering that government issues are crucial to the world's bond markets, fixed-income investments have held up surprisingly well. |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2009
Ivan Martchev |
Freaky February: Both Stocks and Treasuries Fall What to make of February's asset class performance. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2009
Allan S. Roth |
Tips on TIPS A look at Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) as measured by the Urban Consumer Price Index (CPI-U). |
The Motley Fool
January 15, 2009
Zoe Van Schyndel |
A TIP for Inflation-Fearing Investors Buy inflation-protected bonds through an ETF. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2010
Elizabeth Wine |
Looking Ahead In Fixed Income, Finding The Good Buys In 2011 Interest rates that are low and going lower have you doubting the big picture in bonds? Don't worry, there is hope to find opportunities in fixed income in 2011, provided you know where to look. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Why History Says Stocks Are the Best Buy Right Now One persuasive argument for why stocks are a better buy than bonds today is that, for the first time in over half a century, the Dow Jones's dividend yield exceeds the yield on 10-year Treasury bonds. |
BusinessWeek
September 27, 2004
Christopher Farrell |
Why TIPS Are Still a Buy Despite a recent slide, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities provide a sound inflation hedge. They will, indeed, behave as they were intended to -- if you hold them until maturity. |
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2010
Mike Pienciak |
3 Inflation Myths You Need to Know Recognizing true inflation triggers means doing more than monitoring Fed policy. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2007
James C. Cooper |
Why The Fed's Cut Won't Spark Inflation Housing woes, tighter credit, and a softer labor market should douse inflation. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
How to Earn More From Your Investments Depending on how you interpret dividend stocks passing bonds on a yield basis, the milestone could have disturbing implications for the stock market -- or it could represent the opportunity of a lifetime for investors in dividend-paying stocks. |
Financial Advisor
October 2005
Marla Brill |
Why Bonds Keep Beating The Odds Financial advisors who have been taking defensive measures in anticipation of rising long-term rates and falling bond prices may have to wait awhile longer for their strategies to shine. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Will Inflation Kill Your Stocks? Although inflation can depress the future value of earnings, it also permits companies to raise their prices. And rising prices might not be the death knell you expect them to be. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Treasury Trifecta Want bonds? Here's where to get them. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
The Dumb-Looking Move You Still Need to Make You shouldn't banish bonds from your portfolio entirely. Here are some good reasons to keep at least a little bond exposure. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
The Best Place to Find Income Now Bond yields and dividend yields are moving in opposite directions. |
Financial Advisor
December 2005
Alan Lavine |
Playing Two Sides PIMCO's three-year-old StocksPlus Total Return Fund buys S&P 500 futures, then tries to beat the index with bonds. |
BusinessWeek
January 27, 2011
Daniel Kruger |
The Two-Year Rally in TIPS May Be Over Inflation fears helped push up the price of the government bonds. With little inflation in sight, demand for TIPS is waning |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Let Bernanke Sink Your Portfolio Here's how to defend yourself from the Fed. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor Commodities futures have unique diversification properties and, on average, perform well whenever stocks and bonds have done poorly. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2009
Ivan Martchev |
This Is What Works When Stocks Fail But will it continue to work in the future? There are reasons to believe that some of the trends that have worked over the past 10 years will keep working for some time. |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Should You Go With Stocks or Bonds for Income? You may lose big bucks if you cling too strongly to bonds. |
The Motley Fool
November 28, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
2 Investments That Will Benefit From Eurozone Drama Bring on the crisis! The region appears almost certainly headed toward recession, while talk of certain countries leaving the euro is becoming more widespread. |
Registered Rep.
April 5, 2010
Stan Luxenberg |
After a Rollercoaster Year, Are TIPS Attractive? Those can help to diversify portfolios and protect purchasing power. But for all the virtues of TIPS, they can be volatile creatures that suffer significant losses. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Beware This Investment's Hidden Risks Bonds deserve a place in most investors' portfolios. But relying on them exclusively could be riskier than you think. |
The Motley Fool
June 3, 2010
Mike Pienciak |
The Red Flag the Stock Market's Ignoring The bond market is forecasting a tough slog ahead. |
