Baby boomers nearing retirement should invest in bonds to safeguard their assets and reduce their risks in the stock market. However, many fear with interest rates at a low level, bonds will decline ...

Exhibit 1 shows April returns for a sample of Morningstar analyst-rated ETFs that serve as proxies for major asset classes. Investors in a blended global portfolio earned a 1.01% return last month, as ...

Sooner or later, every serious investor confronts two important questions: 1) what are bonds and 2) how do they fit in my portfolio? The following discussion should help answer these questions, but I ...

While Benzinga mostly covers actionable trading ideas and news stories, we've decided to delve a bit deeper into personal finance. The team at Benzinga would like to assist readers with not just their ...

The second installment of our series on investment basics will focus on bonds. These securities a negotiable instruments, meaning that they may be bought and sold. Bonds are usually long-term debt ...

Earlier this month, my column covered bond basics – how they work and their proper purpose in a blended growth portfolio. But many see a 100% (or very heavy) bond portfolio as a set-it-and-forget-it ...

I have been invited to countless conference calls, webinars, and conferences that promise to educate me about the outlook for municipal bonds. However, in all of that noise, some of the most important ...

Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich is asking the city's Assembly to put $46.9 billion of bonds before voters this April. "To continue to grow Anchorage's economy, we must invest in basic facilities like ...