This is Motley Fool Answers. I'm Alison Southwick and I'm joined as always by Robert Brokamp,

personal finance expert here at the Motley Fool and he's the lead advisor on Motley Fool's

Rulier Retirement Newsletter. Hello, Allison. Hi, bro. Stocks and bonds. They go together like

ham and cheese, like peas and carrots, like

kibbles and bits. I don't know. How about that? That works. We talk a lot about stocks here at the

Motley Fool, but not so much about bonds. And today we're going to remedy that with the help of

the original man behind the glass, Steve Broido. Right now, dozens of super fans of Motley Fool

are squealing. Hi, Mom. So today is all about bonds because Broido loves bonds and we promise to have a

good time. All that and more on this week's episode of Motley Fool answers.

For today's answers, answers, we're going to be talking about an email from a guy named Todd.

And Todd has an issue with us here at the Motley Fool. And I'll just get into the letter. It was a long email. No problem, Todd. Not complaining.

It's cool to send long emails, but I'm not going to read the whole thing.

Todd writes, from time to time on the shows, and that means all the Motleyful podcast, the topic of bonds will come up.

I cringe whenever this happens, it seems that the usual insightful analysis and careful thought that is evident in your stock advice, thank you, is completely

abandoned when talking about bonds.

I've only heard bonds discussed on the Motley Fool with various levels of dismissal

and derision.

As I'm sure you know, bonds should have a place in most portfolios, including individual

retirement portfolios.

He calls out to us

to help educate people about how bonds should be analyzed and traded. I found that the average

investor is entirely ignorant of how the bond market works, and the Motley Fool has a unique

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