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Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Why Own Bonds?

Talking Real Money - Investing Talk

Don McDonald

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2680 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In this episode: 0:33 The Quest for Income 2:02 The Risks of Reaching for Yield 3:35 Investing in Bond Funds 6:24 Understanding High-Yield Bonds 8:41 The Quality of Bond Investments 11:09 Rethinking Fixed Income Strategies 13:03 Active vs. Passive Management 14:02 Retirement Planning Insights 15:52 Choosing a 529 Plan 19:12 Pursuing Financial Credentials Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.7

Reality Radio for a really great future. We talking real money there's one thing that eventually

0:43.6

all of us want from our investments well generally we want that okay i'm not doing that today

0:51.0

one thing that we want from our investments at some point is an income.

0:56.4

We want them to provide us with at least a portion of the money we need to survive once we're no longer working.

1:04.6

And for that, we think about the various places that have fixed income.

1:10.8

Bonds are probably the primary source of fixed income investing.

1:16.6

CDs, there are some other things, but generally speaking, bonds are the number one vehicle for creating income,

1:26.7

at least in the minds of most people.

1:28.8

Now, we're going to differ with that in some ways, but here's the thing.

1:32.8

As interest rates rise and fall, people react to those, and they change, they want to change

1:41.4

their investments to optimize income. And this can be a dangerous

1:48.7

strategy and, and a, a direction that really could cause you some serious harm longer term.

1:56.4

I think the expression is more money has been lost, what they call reaching for yield than at the end of a gun.

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