"Bonds the the Premier Fixed Income Investment"
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The king of fixed income investments is undoubtedly bonds. The total bond market is $15 trillion -- far larger than the stock market.
There are four essential aspects to investing in bonds:
2. How much is the face value of the bond
3. What is the time period of the bond
4. What is the coupon, or interest rate?
These seem simple enough, but get quite complicated in real life.
Bonds have both advantages and risks, and you need to thoroughly understand both, to determine what place bonds should have in your own personal portfolio.
There're a wide variety of bonds:
Treasury bonds
Municipal bonds
Corporate bonds
Foreign bonds
Convertible bonds
Government agency bonds
Short term bonds
Intermediate term bonds
Long term bonds
Ultra-short term bonds
I Bonds
Junk bonds
Loan participation or senior income bonds
STRIPS
TIGRs
CATS
LIONS
GSEs
Zero coupon bonds
All of these are different, all have their own individual advantages and disadvantages.
It's not important to be familiar with and every single kind of "exotic" bonds. However, you should know the basic kinds and how they can work for you.
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