Bond Investing for Dummies
by Wild, RussellEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-08-28
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary
Bond Investing For Dummies, 2nd Edition updates the expert information and advice presented in the first edition for today's bond markets. It includes updated information on: The stock-market turmoil of 2008 and of the past several months, which have served to reinforce the importance of bonds in a portfolio. A radical fall in interest rates, to the lowest in decades-making bond investing trickier than ever. A run on municipals, due to widespread fears that America's cities would break from the recession. (Municipals have since come back.) The historic downgrade of U.S. Treasuries, which so far has not lead to any kind of run on government bonds, but certainly warrants great concern.
Author Biography
Russell Wild, MBA, is the author or coauthor of many nonfiction books, including Exchange-Traded Funds For Dummies, Index Investing For Dummies, and One Year to an Organized Financial Life. He is a NAPFA-certified financial advisor, registered with the Pennsylvania Securities Commission.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I: Bond Appetit! 9
Chapter 1: So You Want to Be a Bondholder 11
Chapter 2: Developing Your Investment Game Plan 23
Chapter 3: The (Often, But Not Always) Heroic History of Bonds 35
Chapter 4: Sweet Interest Is the Name of the Game 49
Part II: Numerous and Varied Ways to Make
Money in Bonds 71
Chapter 5: “Risk-Free” Investing: U.S. Treasury Bonds 73
Chapter 6: Industrial Returns: Corporate Bonds 91
Chapter 7: Lots of Protection (and Just a Touch of Confusion): Agency Bonds 105
Chapter 8: (Almost) Tax-Free Havens: Municipal Bonds 117
Chapter 9: Le Bond du Jour: Global Bonds and Other Seemingly Exotic Offerings 131
Part III: Customizing and Optimizing Your Bond Portfolio 149
Chapter 10: Risk, Return, and Realistic Expectations 151
Chapter 11: The Science (and Pseudoscience) of Portfolio-Building 169
Chapter 12: Dividing Up the Pie: What Percentage Should Be in Bonds? 179
Chapter 13: Which Kinds of Bonds Make the Most Sense for You? 197
Part IV: Bonds Away! Navigating the Fixed-Income Marketplace 211
Chapter 14: Strategizing Your Bond Buys and Sells 213
Chapter 15: Investing (Carefully!) in Individual Bonds .229
Chapter 16: Picking a Bond Fund That Will Serve You for Life .245
Part V: Bonds As Replacements for the Old Paycheck... 271
Chapter 17: Fulfi lling the Need for Steady, Ready, Heady Cash 273
Chapter 18: Finding Comfort and Security in Old Age 291
Part VI: The Part of Tens 303
Chapter 19: Ten Most Common Misconceptions about Bonds 305
Chapter 20: Ten Mistakes That Most Bond Investors Make 311
Chapter 21: Ten Q & A’s with Bond Guru Dan Fuss 317
Appendix: Helpful Web Resources for Successful Bond Investing 321
Index 325
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