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225: How To Invest In Bonds and Other Fixed Income Securities

How to evaluate interest rate risk, credit risk and other factors when investing in bonds. Photo by Wes Hicks In this episode you’ll learn: What determines interest rates.What determines the performance of fixed income investments.How to estimate the return of fixed income holdings.The tradeoff between owning individual bonds or bond funds/ETFs Show Notes Eaton Vance Bank Loan Chart Book Annual Default Study: Corporate Default and Recovery Rates, 1920 - 2017 - … [Read more...]

203 Plus: Fixed Income Options and Rebalancing To The Model Portfolios

This week May 5, 2018, we analyze various fixed income options given rising short-term rates. We also focus on the risk of bank loan funds. We also review a challenge a member is having in rebalancing his portfolio to the model portfolios. … [Read more...]

MNY142 Plus: ETF Screening, Money Creation, Trading Costs, and a Bond Fund

This week January 28, 2017 on Money For the Rest of Us Plus we look at reasonable bid-ask spreads for newer ETFs. We also look at criteria for screening ETFs in an database. We explore why depositing funds in a bank account doesn't create money but borrowing money does. Finally, we look at the merits of the Eaton Vance Limited Duration Closed End Fund (EVV). … [Read more...]

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