1086: [Part 1] Stocks - Part XII: Bonds by JL Collins on Bond Market Investing

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🗓️ 29 February 2020

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JL Collins of JLCollinsNH.com shares his thoughts on bonds. This is part 1 of 2. Episode 1086: [Part 1] Stocks - Part XII: Bonds by JL Collins on Bond Market Investing Mr. Collins is a senior executive with extensive P&L experience and a proven track record of growing revenue and profitability, integrating acquisitions, launching new products, developing and implementing business plans, creating powerful marketing strategies, building strong customer relationships and building effective teams. He is experienced in a broad range of markets including technology, automotive, investments, design engineering, electronics manufacturing, construction, horticulture and energy. Mr. Collins is also an accomplished consultant, author and speaker. He is retired, but continues to write on his blog. The original posts are located here: https://jlcollinsnh.com/2012/10/01/stocks-part-xii-bonds-and-a-bit-on-reits/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Finance Daily, episode 1086, the first half of stocks part 12,
0:06.4	Bonds by J.L. Collins of J.L. Collins N.com.
0:11.1	And I'm Dan, I am your host here on optimal finance daily. I read to you every single day to help you optimize your financial life.
0:18.0	And now today I've got a bit of a longer post, so I'll read the first half for you today and then finish the rest up tomorrow.
0:24.0	So with that, let's get right to part one as we optimize your life.
0:28.0	The first half of stocks Part 12, Bonds by J.L. Collins of J.L.N.H.com.
0:40.4	Well here we are in Part 12 of our series on stocks, and the subject is bonds.
0:45.8	What's up with that?
0:46.8	When I first began this series, the plan was for maybe four or five segments.
0:51.2	Sure enough, those focused on stocks. But then we looked at some
0:54.6	portfolio ideas and some other stuff like bonds got added to the mix. Next thing
0:59.5	you know we're looking at different kinds of investment buckets, the prospect of Vanguard getting
1:04.0	nuked, and asking if everyone can retire a millionaire.
1:07.6	Clearly I should have called this my series on investing.
1:10.4	Note to self, make the change for the book.
1:13.0	So now adding bonds to the mix seems not such a stretch.
1:16.6	They are, in a sense, the more steady and reliable cousins to stocks.
1:20.4	Or so it seems, but as we'll see, bonds are not as risk-free as many believe.
1:25.0	In any event, since we have included Vanguard's Total Bond Market Fund,
1:28.0	VBTLX, to the Wealth Preservation and Building Portfolio,
1:32.0	we should take a little closer look at the things.
1:35.6	The challenge is the subject of bonds is a big topic.
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