Most investors reach for a broad, market-value-weighted bond fund to fill the bond portion of their portfolio. While no weighting approach is perfect, market-value weighting often provides the most ...

Carrying value equals bond face value plus unamortized premiums or minus discounts. Calculate it using face, current term, and premium or discount per year. Investors use carrying value to assess bond ...

Series EE savings bonds stop earning interest after 30 years. You can cash in a Series EE bond after one year. The method for checking your bond’s value depends on if it is electronic or paper. When ...

A municipal bond’s embedded call option allows the issuer of the bond to “call” (i.e., pay back) the debt at a date prior to the bond’s final maturity, which allows the issuer to reduce the cost of ...

Earning passive income doesn't need to be difficult. You can start this week. Savings bonds are a classic, conservative investment often gifted by parents and grandparents to their progeny. But ...

Interest Rate Risk Interest rates and bond prices have an inverse relationship - when interest rates rise, bond prices fall, and vice versa. Therefore, if you need to sell your bond before maturity ...

LAGOS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria’s Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a directive to fund managers to value bonds based on current market prices rather than their original purchase cost, ...

Savings bonds are a classic, conservative investment often gifted by parents and grandparents to their progeny. But savings bonds have more than sentimental value — they’re also worth real money. At ...