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 ...

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. When a new bond is issued, the interest rate it pays is called the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nick Lioudis is a writer, multimedia professional, consultant, and content manager for Bread. He has also spent 10+ years as a journalist. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed ...

Investors earn by holding bonds till maturity or selling them at a higher price. Bond funds offer a pooled investment option, typically safer than individual bonds. Treasury bonds are available ...

When professional investors discuss the credit market, a term that often arises is duration, which is used to measure the sensitivity of a bond’s trading price to changes in interest rates ...

Baby boomers nearing retirement should invest in bonds to safeguard their assets and reduce their risks in the stock market. However, many fear with interest rates at a low level, bonds will decline ...

In my last podcast, I set out to answer a series of common questions about bonds. Here’s one I’ve been hearing on and off since 2009: “With yields so low now, is it even worth it to invest in bonds?

United States Treasury securities, often called treasuries, are debt obligations issued by the U.S. government and secured by the full faith and credit and power to tax and borrow of the United States ...