 | A mutual fund's prospectus describes the fund's objectives and the securities it invests in. The name of the mutual fund can be revealing, but you should check out the objectives and strategy to find out its goals. By Kevin Hagen |
When an investor, financial institution, mutual fund or foreign Government wants to protect itself from inflation, it may enter into one or more of several financial vehicles designed to protect their financial interests from inflation. By Lauren Bove |
There are certain things you must understand about bonds before you start investing in them. Not understanding these things may cause you to purchase the wrong bonds, at the wrong maturity date. Think of a bond as an I.O.U. By Simon Wright |
When I think about savings bonds, I think of stodgy, low-yielding investments that my parents and grandparents used to buy. They bought savings bonds, squirreled them away in their safe deposit boxes and saved them for a rainy day. By Rosemary Carlson |
While the recent recession has taught us that nothing about the economy is a given, you might ask, "Is it safe to invest in corporate bonds?" The answer varies. If a corporation does well and can afford to repay the bond and pay your interest, then investing in corporate bonds is a good idea. By Dachary Carey |
 | Bond investment is an essential part of building a well-balanced portfolio. However, don't just blindly invest in bonds; determine your investment strategy before you begin building your portfolio. By Dachary Carey |
Series EE bonds are a type of low-risk, fixed-income investment issued by the US Treasury Department. Like all bonds, Series EE savings bonds represent a form of debt. In this case, the borrower is the federal government, and the lenders are the investors who purchase the bonds. By Thomas Bowen |
 | Understanding the basics behind investing in bonds will help you decide whether this type of investment is right for you. Bonds are investment securities that represent debt obligations between the bonds' issuers, who are the borrowers, and investors like you, who are the lenders. In other words, bonds are essentially the IOUs of the corporate and government financial worlds. By Thomas Bowen |
Investors can choose from many types of municipal bonds. Municipal bonds are issued by city, county and state governments to obtain resources and financing for government projects. By Jaceson Maughan |
If you are a beginning investor, you may be asking, how do bonds work? There are many different bonds that work in different ways, but you are essentially lending money to an entity when you buy bonds. By Rachel Mork |
