P2P Lending, Bonds and Finance News
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...]
When it comes to investing, there are millions of people who would describe themselves as “long-term investors.” This description generally refers to someone who has a time frame of many years (think decades) and is willing to ride the ups and downs … [Read more...]
Many bond investors top priority is income, which leads them to place a heavy emphasis on a fund's yield when making investment decisions. To show you why that’s a mistake, and why you should focus on total return instead, lets take a look at an … [Read more...]
Here at Learn Bonds we strive to make the process of choosing a bond fund easy. That’s why we released our LB Ratings program, which gives you our thoughts on the best bond funds from each of 5 categories. Below is our list of the best municipal … [Read more...]
I recently attended a luncheon at which a balanced fund manager for a well-known financial services provider spoke. He shared several thoughts about the current investing environment and also touted his fund’s performance during the 2007 to 2009 … [Read more...]
One of our primary goals here at Learn Bonds is to make the process of choosing a bond fund easy. With this goal in mind we launched our free bond fund rating reports, called LB Ratings, earlier this year. While we put our stamp of approval on all … [Read more...]
Not all bond funds will provide you protection from the turbulence of the stock market. If you are looking for the best bond funds which will act as a shock absorber to the stock market, we suggest that you choose of one of the funds below. All the … [Read more...]
Convertible bond funds, are bond mutual funds and ETFs that invest in bonds which can be converted into stock at a fixed price. If the stock does well, convertible bondholders benefit. On the other hand, if the company goes into bankruptcy, … [Read more...]
(September 2012) While our parents' generation may have expected their retirement to last 10 or 15 years, couples today expect their retirements to last 27 years on average (according to a survey by investment manager BlackRock). The change in … [Read more...]
Defined maturity funds, which are also known as target maturity bond funds, have been around for a few years, but have yet to become very popular. Once interest rates start rising, we believe that many investors will start switching from traditional … [Read more...]
