Extra innings for global bonds?
Opportunities in bonds abound but you may have to look globally to find them
Articles By Pat Bolland:
Market-Linked GICs: Have your stock cake and eat it too
Index-linked GICs give risk-averse investors upside on stocks
How not to sweat rising interest rates
Mutual fund and ETF makers have created floating-rate bond funds that aim to cut the risk of rising interest...
The simple guide to buying bonds
Stocks get all the glory, but bonds are just as important. Here’s a guide to the other side of...
How to cope with financial repression
Interest rates may stay low longer than expected but there’s a silver lining: the bond bull market may not...
5 reasons to own bonds now
Expectations that the Fed might taper led to a bond rout this summer. But so long as uncertainty reigns,...
Preferreds generate tax-efficient income
Investors in taxable accounts enjoy both the yield and safety of bonds but the lighter tax treatment of dividends.
Rising rates haunt bond investors
Interest rates are near historic lows and seem bound to rise. Bond investors should heed duration, or sensitivity to...
Corporate bonds can boost your returns
With yields still near historic lows, bond investors can get more interest by swapping government issues for corporates.