Bonds Investing Articles
- Bonds - What Is A Bond
Bonds - What Is A Bond ? Have you ever found yourself short of cash and wanted to buy something today? You tell yourself, if you just had a faster computer you could learn more and get things done much...
- Bonds Bond Funds, Fun
Bonds Bond Funds, Fun Bonds aren't the easiest instrument to understand or trade. They have more predictable characteristics owing to their fixed maturity (principal repayment date) and coupon...
- Bonds Influences On Interest Rates
Bonds Influences On Interest Rates First, a confession: Interest rates are unpredictable. But then, you knew that already. Fortunately, they're not entirely unpredictable. Good bets are possible. But...
- Bonds - Bond Investment Basics
Bonds - Bond Investment Basics Unlike the stock market, there's no central exchange for trading bonds. Nevertheless, the process is almost as easy as trading equities (stocks). Acquire, if you haven't...
- Bond Trading Strategy
Bond Trading Strategy Swapping Ah, if only the world would stand still - just for a little while. But, in the world of investing (as elsewhere) it's never so. Forecasts made on purchasing day have...
- Bonds Measuring Risk
Bonds Measuring Risk Few investments offer as objective an estimate of risk as bonds. Because of some fixed characteristics - par (face value, repaid at maturity), coupon (interest rate, percentage paid in...
- Bonds Managing Risk
Bonds Managing Risk Every bond carries some risk that the issuer will default on repayment of the principal or suspend interest payments. Once that risk is measured (see 'Measuring Risk' elsewhere in this...
- Bonds Bond Analysis Part I
Bonds Bond Analysis Part I There are more methods for analyzing bonds than there are bonds, or so it seems. Even so, some are clearly essential to evaluating risk and potential returns....
- Bonds Bond Analysis Part 2
Bonds Bond Analysis Part 2 EVALUATING BENEFITS In Part I, we examined some of the risks associated with bond investing. Here we'll look more quantitatively at evaluating the...
- Bonds - Different Types for Different Results
Bonds - Different Types for Different Results Corporate or Government. AAA or Junk. Subordinated or unsubordinated. 30 year or 3 month. The list goes on. Classifying and tracking the different types of bonds...
- Bonds - Government Bonds
Bonds - Government Bonds - Risks and Rewards It's often said that government bonds represent one of the lowest possible risks for an investor. In general, true - but much depends on which government issues...
- Bonds - Eurobonds
Bonds - Eurobonds, Not Just For Europeans When even the Iranian government floats Eurobonds, you know there's something funny about the term. There's a difference between a eurobond and a foreign bond, even...
- Bonds Junk Bonds Misnamed
Bonds Junk Bonds Misnamed 'Junk' bonds - more politely known as high-yield bonds - acquired the name as a consequence of their low rating by the major agencies and their high rate of default. 'Default'...
- Bonds - Corporate Bonds
Bonds - Corporate Bonds Risks and Benefits Life is risky. Every day investors are faced with complex choices in the face of deep uncertainty. What to do? Look at history and realize that the odds favor the...
- Bonds - Bond Rating
Bonds - Bond Rating Research on bonds fills volumes. Or these days, the hard drives of web servers. Nowhere else in the investing world can the interested investor get more helpful information than that...
- Bonds Calculating Bond Yields
Bonds Calculating Bond Yields Few investors trade in order to lose money. For those seeking to make a profit, comparing the potential returns over different time spans of different instruments is...
- Bonds vs Other Investments
Bonds vs Other Investments Investors have too much to think about. Where are interest rates headed? Will the stock market rise or fall? Can investing in mutual funds save money and free up time?...
- Bonds or Stocks - Pros and Cons
Bonds or Stocks - Pros and Cons There's no question stocks get a lot more press. The average investor may never have bought a bond, even after dabbling in Exchange Traded Funds, Futures or even more...
- Bonds Tax Considerations for Investors
Bonds Tax Considerations for Investors One reason stocks are more popular than bonds is that the latter are more complicated. Ironic, considering their risk and returns bonds are easier to judge and...
- Bonds Glossary of Useful Terms
Bonds Glossary of Useful Terms Ask (Asked Price) The lowest round-lot price a broker will offer to sell a security. Auction The issuance of new Treasury bills, notes and bonds at stated intervals by the...
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