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Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

Coronavirus: Why Use Bonds?

Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger

Audacy

Self-improvement, Business, Investing, Education

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

I realize it's not the sexiest of investments, but I'm a firm believer in using bonds as part of your overall portfolio. Still, that's not enough for some people, and they continue to ask, "why should I be using bonds?" Have a money question? Email me here. Please leave us a rating or review in Apple Podcasts. "Jill on Money" theme music is by Joel Goodman, www.joelgoodman.com. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Jill on Money Coronovirus Market Update. It is what day is it Mark. I've lost my brain here. It will be released on your feet. It will be Wednesday morning.

0:14.0

Aha! There it is. I've had my brain back. Thank you. It was just captured for a moment.

0:19.2

Mark said I was a little down yesterday. I don't know. I guess I was because it was Monday and there was a little down yesterday. I don't know I guess I was because it was Monday and there

0:24.6

was a lot of bad news so today I'm going to be much more upbeat not because I feel

0:29.2

better but because you deserve me bringing my enthusiasm to you every single day. So let's start right now.

0:36.7

If you've got a financial question, I want to hear from you. It's Ask Jill at Jill on Money.com. That's Ask Jill, at Jill on Money.com.

0:42.9

That's Ask Jill at Jill on Money.com.

0:46.2

Yes, Aunt Jill gets down sometimes, but come on, back.

0:49.4

I'm back, baby, back.

0:51.5

Let's get into some questions. Here's a tote who says I'm a fan of the

0:56.0

podcast and I've been listening to it since the start of the year. I've heard you

0:59.6

advising people on roboboo or do-it-yourself investing, but it seems that the money involved changes a lot.

1:06.4

In my case, I'm a PhD student, 25 years old, without any student loans.

1:11.6

Thanks, Dad. I was able to save around $4,000 up to this point. My

1:16.8

monthly income is low due to research taking up my time. And it's now, let's see, $1,400 is the monthly income, $1,100 are expenses. I've also got $5,000

1:29.6

of my trust account, so investing, 4,000 isn't dramatic. My question is do you think it's a good time to start

1:36.0

investing with betterment or wealth front considering I don't won't have time in my career in the next

1:41.5

five years to actively manage.

1:42.9

Yeah, absolutely.

1:44.8

Look, why is a roboboe advisor so good?

1:47.2

It's simple.

1:48.4

So yes, a betterment, a wealth front,

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