What you need to know to confidently invest in bonds.
Topics covered include:
- Key components of bond investing include face value, coupon rates, yield-to-maturity, duration, and convexity
- How to decide between owning longer-term or short-term bonds
- How to decide whether to own individual bonds or bond funds and ETFs
- When to use active bond management versus bond indexing
- How bullet bond ETFs work and when to use them
- How to know when to invest in municipal bonds and corporate bonds
- When should you own foreign bonds
- Should you own bonds in taxable or tax-deferred accounts
- A bond case study based on current interest rates
Show Notes
A Complete Guide to Investing in I Bonds and TIPS—Money for the Rest of Us
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