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Expert information and easy-to-follow advice for today’s Canadian bond investorsBond Investing For Canadians For Dummies will show you how to invest in bonds in today’s environment and strengthen and protect your investment portfolio. Bonds are a great choice for anyone looking to make a smart investment that will provide a steady income, and this book is a great choice for anyone ready to get started.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 11-21-2023
If you want to invest in bonds, you need to know how to read the bond ratings that the big three rating companies use in order to help you select bonds in a risk-aware way. Knowing the right questions to ask about a bond can save you money, and you can find answers to many of those questions on the Internet.How to read bond ratingsBefore you buy a bond, get an idea of how much financial muscle the issuer has.
Everything on bonds, bond funds, and more! Updated for the new economy Whether you're looking for income, diversification, or protection from stock market volatility, bonds can play an important role in any portfolio. Newly updated, Bond Investing For Dummies covers the essentials of getting started and ways to select and purchase bonds for your needs.
Article / Updated 03-16-2021
You can invest in bonds in one of two major ways: You can purchase individual bonds, or you can invest in a professionally selected and managed portfolio of bonds via a bond mutual fund or exchange-traded fund.If you want to take the individual-bond route, that path is covered here, where you learn how to decipher bond listings you find in financial newspapers or online.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 09-01-2022
If you want to invest in bonds, you need to know how to read the bond ratings that the big three rating companies use and how to figure whether a taxable or tax-free municipal bond is the better investment. Knowing the right questions to ask about a bond can save you money, and you can find answers to many of those questions on the Internet.
Cheat Sheet / Updated 08-02-2023
You may think of bonds as thoroughly modern financial instruments, but they have a long history. They played an important part in helping the Allies win World War II, for example.Every bond needs to be identified, which is where its CUSIP comes in. When you reach a certain age, the government requires that you begin withdrawing at least some money from your accounts, and you need to pay close attention to this, because if you don’t cash out the minimum amount, big fines are levied.
Article / Updated 06-29-2021
About 98 percent of the approximately $5 trillion in outstanding Treasury debt is made up not of savings bonds but of marketable (tradable) securities known as bills, notes, and bonds.Technically, bills, notes, and bonds are all bonds. They are all backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. They are all issued electronically (you don’t get a fancy piece of paper as you do with savings bonds).
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Although relatively new, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and bond ETFs have caught on big in the past several years. ETFs, like closed-end funds, trade on the exchanges like individual stocks. (Yes, even the bond ETFs trade that way.) You usually pay a small brokerage fee ($10 or so) when you buy and another when you sell.
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Picking individual treasury bonds has little value and looks a lot like gambling. That’s because the markets for Treasuries are extremely efficient: So many buyers and sellers are involved, and any information worth having is so public, that any true “deal” is very hard to find. The only really important questions you should ask yourself about Treasuries are the following: Do I want Treasuries in my portfolio and, if so, how much?
Article / Updated 03-26-2016
What’s the difference between an annuity and a bond? With an annuity, you don’t expect to ever see your principal back. In return for giving up your principal, you expect a higher rate of return. A cross between an insurance product and an investment, annuities come in myriad shapes and sizes. The general theme is that you give your money to an institution (usually an insurance company or a charity), and that institution promises you a certain rate of return, typically for as long as you live.