Bonds

Financial advisors are flooded with questions from panicked clients. Here's a field guide to answers.

The stalwart allocation has a logic to it, but its simplicity hides two significant problems.

Two porcine pals, two investment styles, two very different outcomes.

Rising prices eat away at savings. But don't despair — financial advisors say there are many ways to protect and even expand a long-term nest egg.

Last year was a disaster for bonds (and stocks), but some fixed-income U.S. ETFs that focus on exotic assets or use complex strategies have had a truly horrible decade.

There are some signs of relief that may set up savers for higher future returns, particularly in the bond market.

Starting this month, the interest rate on I bonds is dropping back down to earth. But before you feel the pangs of FOMO, consider these other options.

Research shows that the classic allocation reached its most expensive level in almost five decades during the COVID-19 rally. The situation has reversed in 2022.

Even the shortest-term debt has enticed money managers far and wide.

The financial consequences for most asset managers and banks from all the anti-ESG rhetoric coming out of the mouths of Republican politicians in the U.S. is almost certain to be minimal — at least for now.

Rising rates threaten the safe-haven status of bonds, long the designated driver to our tipsy friend, equities, writes Eben Burr.

Judging by a recent survey, reports of the classic investment strategy's "death" are greatly exaggerated.

Devoting an ETF to a single bond may not just be a gimmick. It could solve a lot of the problems with bond trading, writes Jared Dillian.

Looking at investments through a risk lens can provide clues to where the economy is headed.

Obits for the traditional investing approach may be premature, according to a newsletter for Vanguard investors.

Hedged strategies out of favor since the 2007-08 financial crisis could prove useful to older investors in today’s downward-moving markets.

Use the “head fake” market rally to reduce interest-rate risk in your clients’ portfolios before the Fed rejoins the inflation battle.

While we don’t foresee a rapid increase in yields bloodying the nose of bond markets, we acknowledge that this has happened in the past and investors should be prepared.

The climate of late suggests bonds are losing their value as hedges.

While a host of factors are at play behind the bond-stock relationship, one thing that links them together is the perception of growth.