Tag Archives: bonds

Give me the simple life

A colleague sent me a link to “The Juggle,” a Wall Street Journal blog that explores “the choices and trade-offs people make as they juggle work and family.”

The topic was financial planning for “people too busy to plan,” and …

Written on November 26, 2012 at 4:00 pm, by

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The outlook for bonds: Are the good times about to end?

U.S. interest rates today are clearly low and below historical long-term averages. Recalling the double-digit rates of the 1970s and early 1980s, I still find it somewhat astonishing that the yields on a broadly diversified basket of high-quality bonds (whether …

Written on July 30, 2012 at 9:00 am, by

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Why I still own Treasuries

Bond funds have generally been on a total return “tear” the past several years, given the sharp decline in U.S. Treasury yields.

Bond fund cash flows have been solid, especially into corporate and municipal bond funds, which tend to carry …

Written on March 15, 2012 at 8:57 am, by

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Dividend-paying stocks are not bonds

A popular question from my friends is “Where do I go for income in this low-yield environment?” There isn’t an easy answer.

Here’s why: Yields on money market funds are near 0%, and long-term Treasury bond funds are yielding below …

Written on November 11, 2011 at 1:33 pm, by

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Interest rates: a worry for 2010

It’s still early in the new year, and there’s lots to worry about in the investment domain and in the broader world. But one item tops my “worry list” for 2010: interest rates. And it’s hard to decide which is …

Written on January 29, 2010 at 9:06 am, by

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Do you have the bond gene?

One of the smartest people I know—a brilliant copy editor—used to shake her head as she read articles about bonds and the bond market.

“I think you have to be born with the bond gene to understand bonds,” she would …

Written on October 16, 2009 at 9:23 am, by

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