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Month: August 2020

Bond Investment Basics: Mortgage-Backed Bonds

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Investing for the future is important for anyone. Whether your financial goal is to eventually retire, purchase a home, or to simply improve your financial position, considering all of your investment options is very important. One form of investment that you should consider are mortgage backed bonds.    A mortgage backed bond is a unique form of investment that […]

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Bond Investment Basics: Foreign/International Bonds

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Bonds and the yields that an investor gets from them are impacted by risk factors associated with those bonds. This is why the savviest investors look to foreign bonds as part of their portfolio. The foreign bonds allow them to diversify their portfolio and make the greatest return while at the same time minimizing the risk associated.   International […]

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Bond Investment Basics: High-Yield Corporate “Junk” Bonds

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Michael Milken, known as the “Junk Bond King”, did some serious damage to the reputation of high-yield corporate bonds as an asset class. The investing public saw the collapse of a star like that as a sign that they should steer clear of this asset class entirely. While it is absolutely the case that no […]

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