Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Long-term bond ETFs own diversified portfolios of bonds with maturities of 10 years or longer. Our list of the best long-term bond ...

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 ...

All Premium Bonds have an equal chance of a prize - now at 21,000 to 1. The numbers, or more accurately strings of numbers and letters of varying lengths, are selected by a machine known as ...

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 ...

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.

A fixed-rate bond is a type of savings account that allows you to put your money away for a set amount of time. You aren’t able to take the money out or add more money during this time ...

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 ...

Global bond sales will climb 17% this year to about $9 trillion with momentum from the third quarter likely sustained, S&P Global Ratings said, revising up a previous estimate. The pace of bond ...

Today on the show, Rob Armstrong discusses what the bond market knows with Derek Brower, the FT’s US political news editor. Also we go long Coca-Cola, and short a decisive election result.