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What Are Bonds?

A short and simple description of bonds. read more »
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Asset Allocation Explained

A brief and simple explanation of asset allocation. read more »
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Investing: Choosing Something Other Than Stocks

There are a number of investment opportunities and choices available to you. Here are two: bonds and currencies. read more »
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9 Terrific Investing Website That is Sure to Suck Up Your Time

Which ones do you frequent and which is your favorite? read more »
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Looking at the Two Main Types of Bonds

A look at corporate and government bonds. read more »
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TIPS to Fight Inflation

You can use TIPS as part of your strategy to protect your investment portfolio from inflation. read more »
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Investing jitters? Curb them with government bonds

A review of bonds. Basically a bond is a loan that you give to a company or in this case, the government to fund an expansion project. read more »
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Asset Allocation - Reasons for owning different asset classes

A brief list of reasons for owning different asset classes such as stocks, bonds. read more »
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Why Risk Tolerance is a Load of Crap: 60% in Bonds Just Won't Cut It

Regardless of your risk tolerance, if you don't own a significant amount of equities, inflation will eat you alive. read more »
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Time to Buy Treasury Bonds?

Bonds tend to be sold when govts need money. Which might be why the U.S. govt is planing to sell U$55B of them next week, at a rate of 5% annual -- a[...] read more »
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Investing in Bonds : Corporate, Treasury or Municipal?

When you buy a bond, you are actually loaning your money to the organization that issued the bond. That is why bonds are often called “debt instruments.” When deciding which types of bonds to invest in, it’s important to know all you can about each. read more »
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Why You Should Love Bonds

Think bonds are stodgy? Think again. Bonds are an integral part of your long-term path to wealth, so read and profit. read more »
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Age-Based Investment Strategy Can Hurt You

Will you change how you invest based on how close you are to retirement, maybe by becoming more conservative and using more bonds in your portfolio? [...] read more »
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Buying I Bonds

I have started buying I bonds. I bonds are inflation indexed bonds that are issued at the face value of the bonds. read more »
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What Is The First Step To Investing?

A lot of people are ready to start "investing," but aren't even really sure what it means. Before you put your money at risk, make sure you under[...] read more »
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