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The fundamental concept behind fixed income investing, especially for retirement investors, is that you are trying to preserve capital while generating enough interest and dividends to enhance your income. The strategy is also designed to allow you … [Read more...]
Last time, I discussed preferred stock, and how they are really a stock-bond hybrid with many aspects of bonds. I think you should have some in your long-term diversified income portfolio. What are the criteria to screen for possible preferred … [Read more...]
Trivia question: what security trades like a bond, offers high yield like a bond, has just a little less safety than a bond but more than a stock, and was an exotic security until a few years ago? Preferred stock! Although this is … [Read more...]
Bond investors may have noticed that there’s something going on in Greece about the country being broke. Perhaps investors haven’t paid much attention because Greece is a little country that is far away, and they don’t hold any Greek bonds, … [Read more...]
Bonds are mistakenly considered a “safe” investment, because they usually don’t result in an investor losing his shirt. The truth is that bonds carry their own unique set of risks, and it is vital to understand each of them. Most conservative … [Read more...]
Many investors think of bonds as “safe”. That’s not really a good idea. Bonds are “safer” compared to some other investments, but not as safe as others. In a period of unprecedented market changes, where the bond market has been manipulated by the … [Read more...]
All investors face the same problem but with different attitudes: risk. Everyone has concerns over their investments, but our individual risk tolerance governs not only what we invest in, but how we respond when that investment declines. There is … [Read more...]
At last, the Federal Reserve has ended the Quantitative Easing program. This may have serious implications for fixed income investments and interest rates. Many investors believe that the Fed will increase short term interest rates in 2015 and … [Read more...]
The Fed is expected to increase rates in 2015 and that might result in both increased volatility in the bond markets, along with plenty of uncertainty. Managers of bond funds who are preparing for these changes now prefer to hold cash. Interestingly, … [Read more...]
In the second part of my series on bond fund management, I’m going to offer two more reasons to consider active management. Last time I discussed three important reasons to consider an active manager. This time, you’ll find two more reasons why … [Read more...]
