How much money do you need to retire comfortably without worry? In other words, what is your retirement number?
Investments
Why Are Stocks And Bonds Both Down? Part III
How bonds can still provide diversification to your portfolio, even though stock and bond returns are just uncorrelated.
Why Are Stocks And Bonds Both Down? Part II
Why have both stocks and bonds declined? Rising interest rates and poor earnings forecasts are only part of the story.
How Does Inflation Affect Bond Returns?
When bond prices change due to credit changes or unanticipated inflation, investors can experience real bond return losses.
What Should You Do About Bond Price Declines?
Bond prices are declining. What does that mean and how does the interest rate affect bonds and your portfolio?
Understanding Bond Returns
What are the sources of bond returns? How do bond valuation techniques (credit and interest rates) affect bond prices?
Glossary – Bonds
Those who work with bonds have their own vocabulary. We’ve pulled together this handy glossary to clarify the terminology surrounding bonds.