Friedberg is a former investment portfolio manager, university finance instructor and author of three books including "Personal Finance; An Encyclopedia of Modern Money Management." Her work has ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Bonds are a core component of any well-diversified investment portfolio. Their role is two-fold: To generate income and bolster ...

Our research team assigns Bronze ratings to strategies they’re confident will outperform a relevant index, or most peers, over a market cycle on a risk-adjusted basis. The following text is from ...

If you’re interested in receiving relatively higher yields — and don’t mind taking on some extra risk — high-yield bond funds, also known as “junk” bond funds, may be an asset class to ...

The quick answer to this question is that a stripped bond (or "strip bond") is a bond that has had its main components broken up into a zero-coupon bond and a series of coupon payments.

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He started as an intern at Investopedia.com, eventually leaving for the startup scene. Getting bond quotes and general information about a bond issue is considerably more difficult than ...

Convertible bonds can be exchanged for a set number of shares, offering potential profit if stock prices rise. Types of convertible bonds include vanilla and mandatory, each with different ...

U.S. Treasuries had another volatile showing on Friday, reversing their early losses in reaction to a dismal jobs report for October, which showed much weaker-than-expected nonfarm payroll growth ...

Junk bonds are a high-risk investment, but they offer the potential for higher returns than investment-grade bonds. Junk bonds, also known as high-yield bonds, are best suited for investors who ...

Low-risk, inflation-linked I bonds may be worth considering. Interest earned in the previous six months is added to the bond’s principal. The Treasury sets new I bond interest rates in May and ...

Today’s story is about catastrophe bonds, a clever-sounding insurance solution that’s being pitched to developing countries. Yet the instrument can leave the most vulnerable nations out of ...