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The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Time to Buy These Beaten-Down Investments? Junk bonds have fallen, and investors are running scared. What's the smart move? |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
5 Stocks to Beat Bonds But that shouldn't be your only benchmark. |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Amanda B. Kish |
Don't Buy This Junk The high-yield "junk" bond sector of the market has been on fire this year, but you should leave these bonds in the bin. |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer |
Stocks or Bonds for the Next 30 Years? Bonds have beaten stocks over the past 30 years. So much for long-term stock investing, eh? |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Should You Bet on a Junk Bond Collapse? ProShares Short High-Yield ETF lets you short the junk bond market. |
The Motley Fool May 26, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Best Place to Find Income Now Bond yields and dividend yields are moving in opposite directions. |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
U.S. Treasury 1, S&P 0 Treasuries stand out in a bond market that's otherwise lackluster at best. |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Can These Investments Keep Flying High? As long as you understand the risks involved, owning corporate bonds either directly or through a bond exchange-traded fund or mutual fund can give you higher yields on your money. |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Is This Junk Worth the Risk? Do high-risk bonds offering high rates belong in your portfolio? |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
This Rally Is So Over While bonds still serve a vital role in every investor's portfolio, just make sure you're not banking your entire future on them. |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Time to Sell This Junk? Junk bonds are getting pricey again. |
The Motley Fool May 5, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
This Red-Hot Market Is a Red Flag Before you dismiss this article because it's based on observations about the bond market, let me assure you I will provide actionable advice here for stock investors. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Bonds Aren't as Good as They Look But people keep buying them. |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Are Stocks Actually Cheap? Is this popular signal saying that stocks are cheap right now? |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2008 Andrew Sullivan |
The Market Indicator You Shouldn't Ignore There's a silver lining in the market's recent slump. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
The Truth Behind Treasuries' Lousy January T-Bonds held strong while stocks collapsed -- until last month. What happened? |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
This Milestone Should Concern All Investors Last week, the yield on the Merrill Lynch High Yield Index II hit an all-time low of 6.84%. In plain English, that means junk bond investors are now willing to accept a lower yield than at any time in the past. |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2010 Russ Krull |
Bond Bubble Brewing Low bond yields make them expensive relative to stocks. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Hard Times for Junk Bonds High-yield bonds' time in the sun may be over. Although junk bonds may produce tempting returns, they should only be introduced strategically, and they should almost never account for a large portion of your investment. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
Better Yields Yield can be found in a variety of places, from the most common to the highly esoteric. Here's a look at some of them. |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2009 Todd Wenning |
Stocks That Keep Paying You Back Jumping into bonds isn't a bad thing, but investors do need to keep a few things in mind. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Jason Brady |
A Race for Income Most investors who are searching for income from their investments look at one factor: yield. Is this the right approach? |
Financial Advisor December 2003 Marla Brill |
Still Some Upside Left Manager Margaret Patel thinks an economic recovery will help junk bonds. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2008 Andrew Sullivan |
The Market Indicator You Shouldn't Ignore Amid all the doom and gloom, one little-known silver lining hasn't been getting much attention: Dividend yields are the highest they've been in years. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Why Is Buffett Buying Bonds? Recent purchases show that Berkshire is buying more bonds than stocks. Why? |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
7 Stocks to Consider Before Junk Bonds Take a look at these low-beta dividend stocks before junk bonds. |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
The Hidden Danger Inside Your Portfolio Think you're diversified? Think again. The recent flight to safety in the fixed-income markets reveals the distinctions among different types of bonds. |
BusinessWeek October 29, 2009 Roben Farzad |
Are Junk Bonds Too Hot to Handle? An investor stampede on junk bonds has produced returns twice as high as stocks this year. Now the red flags are out. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Junk Bonds the Easy Way There's no need to guess which junk bonds will perform best. |
Financial Advisor October 2005 Marla Brill |
No Homeruns This Year The manager of the Delaware High-Yield Opportunities Fund believes that this year, with concerns about rising interest rates widespread and yield spreads so tight, high-yield bond returns won't measure up to the appetizing levels investors saw in 2003 and 2004. |
The Motley Fool July 18, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
4 Things to Buy Instead of Treasuries 401(k) reform may have had an unintended consequence. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 Steve Watkins |
Junk Is Not Bunk When the Federal Reserve signals an imminent rate rise, the news is traditionally greeted like a general alarm in the high-yield bond markets: "Get out while you can! Run for your lives!" |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Stocks and Bonds: Mind the Gap The gap between the earnings yield on the S&P 500 and 10-year bonds is now about as wide as it's been in a half-century. |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
How Bond Funds Can Burn You There are many traps for this "safe" investment. |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Paying for Quality With bonds, sometimes it pays to get the best. Investors and mutual funds that are buying lower-quality bonds may find that they would've been better off sticking with Treasuries in the long run. |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
Don't Let Bernanke Pick Your Pocket! The rate of inflation has exceeded the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond for the first time since 2008. Here are some other choices for saving intelligently. |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2006 S.J. Caplan |
Investor 007's Bond Dossier Could now be the right time to add some junk bonds to your portfolio? Spying on Rates... Clues to the Market... etc. |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Right Way to Balance Stock Risk Stocks may be the investment that will make you rich. But once you've saved up a decent nest egg, you'll need other investments to help you stay rich. |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why Bonds Aren't Enough to Retire On Most investors can't afford the luxury of an all-bond portfolio. |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
How to Invest When the Fed Raises Rates Companies that pay dividends should have the cash to reward investors. |
The Motley Fool June 11, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Investor 007's Bond Dossier Bond basics and beyond. A look at the week's activity in the bond market, and much more. Spying on rates: U.S. Treasury -- 2-year... 5-year... Clues to the market... Detecting developments... Hot tip... |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Death of Bonds? You shouldn't give up on bonds entirely, but neither should you rely on them to support you without help from other investments. |
Financial Advisor October 2009 Eric Rasmussen |
The Ripe Fruit Mellows Corporate bonds offered great opportunity earlier in the year, but now that yields have fallen, investors are rethinking strategy. |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
A Slam-Dunk Trade for 2009 Treasuries are expensive; high-grade corporate bonds are cheap. |
The Motley Fool August 22, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Junk Joy: A High-Yield ETF Should you choose to invest in higher risk, rated-below investment-grade, high-yield bonds, consider a high-yield fund with a more diversified portfolio. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Ben Levisohn |
Finding the Sweet Spot While rising interest rates around the world could spell a tough 2010 for bond investors, fund managers say possibilities for profit remain. |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
6 Winners From Higher Rates Think rising interest rates are bad? Some companies will benefit. |
The Motley Fool February 15, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Save Yourself From the Bond Bear The possibility of losses in bonds has some people running scared, but you should stay smart. |
Investment Advisor May 2007 |
Not Your Grandfather's Bonds For savvy investors and their financial advisors, taking advantage of changing Fed policy may be a matter of taking a hard look at U.S. Treasury notes again. |
The Motley Fool February 17, 2009 Todd Wenning |
Stocks to Fight the Coming Inflation Wave Now's the time to prepare your portfolio. |