I recently wrote about a trend that’s making income investors excited: After years of failing to produce decent returns, bonds are back. Media outlets, including Bloomberg, have picked up on this.

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 Gold ratings to strategies that they have the most conviction will outperform a relevant index, or most peers, over a market cycle on a risk-adjusted basis. The following ...

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 ...

See how we rate banking products to write unbiased product reviews. A savings bond is a debt security you can buy from the U.S. Treasury. Both types of savings bonds — Series EE and Series I ...

Bond yield is the annual interest that the holder of the bond will receive over its term to maturity. A bond yield is the return an investor realizes on a bond. Put simply, a bond yield is the ...

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 ...

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 ...

This fall, dozens of school districts throughout Southern California are asking voters to approve billions of dollars in bonds to repair and renovate aging campuses. The size of the bond and the ...

There are multiple brokers with a variety of bond offerings. The choice of the right broker depends on your goals. Benzinga has created a list of our top six brokers for bond traders. It is ...

As bonds have struggled, producing losses in client accounts over the past couple of years, we have had more clients ask the question: Should bonds still have a role in the portfolio ...

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 ...