Say a prayer instead for the people whose money was lent to it for 100 years. Read More

And that means the 30-year bull market in bonds could be over. Read More

This will be another roller coaster year for bonds, but one that could provide plenty of opportunities to lock in at much higher-than-expected rates. In fact, as the income analyst at Personal Finance, I’m getting jazzed about what might make great best bond investments in 2017, which I will share… Read More

The sudden selloff in preferreds has created some intriguing opportunities. Read More

While conventional wisdom says to stay away from emerging market bonds when rates are rising, past experience doesn’t bear that out. Read More

 As yields on government and corporate bonds start to rise, I’m reminded of the Silicon Valley venture capitalist saying, known as Kleiner’s Law of Appetizers: “The time to eat the hors d’oeuvres is when they’re being passed round.” In other words, seize cash as soon as it’s offered.That’s valuable advice… Read More

Rising yields are tempting, but uncertainty makes them risky. Read More

While Donald Trump’s election as the next President has been good for stock prices, for bond prices, not so much.While it’s impossible to know exactly what policies President-elect Trump will put into place, what he’s talked about could spur higher inflation and interest rates, and higher rates mean lower bond… Read More

Investors should trim bond portfolios, lock in some gains, and generally brace for more bond declines. Bond selling is on the rise, and many are calling  for the end of the 35-year bull market in bonds this year.  Behind the bond selling: An expected Fed rate increase in December, rising… Read More

Can you both fish and cut bait? Apparently so, because in the week following the Brexit vote investors ran to both riskier assets such as stocks, and to safer assets such as gold and bonds. So clearly the markets are too fickle at this point to make any rash decisions.In searching for… Read More