Insured Bonds - How to tell? "Make Whole" in bond description?

You just need a bond that pays you 09.05% each year and you also need to reinvest all the dividends. There is no such thing. If you want to double your money in 7 years or less you must inves...

Bonds are loans. A government or company borrows money from you, and promises to pay you a certain rate of interest, then pay you back in full at a certain date. Bonds can run from very safe (s...

Common wisdom is that bonds add stability to ones investments. Also common wisdom is that as one grows older one should increase ones exposure to bonds. If you check out Fidelity's Life Cycl...

First response is relevant if you are okay with a bond fund, but to roll your own, you will need to do a bit of research. First, decide how much risk you are willing to take, and that will tell yo...

It all depends upon what you are trying to accomplish. If you are trying to put money away for something that will happen in under 5 years it is advisable to keep your money in something that prese...

Investment grade bonds have a high probability (higher than kung bonds) of repaying the principal at maturity, i.e. the company issuing the bond not defaulting. The coupons (interest rate payments)...

Bond prices often decline as a result of lower interest rates. For example, if bond interest rates fall from 5% to 4% on a $1000 coupon bond, the bondholder will only recieve $40 per year versus th...

Nothing if you have been claiming the interest earned all along, or at most the current year's interest. If you have not been claiming the interest annually then the difference between what y...