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Bonds are basically lending money. If you dig down into the call options, convertibility, coupons, interest rates, and terms you find out how complex lending can get.

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The Importance Of Diversification
Without this risk-reduction technique, your chance of loss will be unnecessarily high.
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Combining Your Plan Assets? Not So Fast!
You might reduce the costs of maintaining more than one account, but you could also be forfeiting tax benefits.
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Alternative Assets For Average Investors
These investments can add a new level of diversification to your portfolio.
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FINANCIAL EDGE

Why S&P Downgraded The U.S. And Others Did Not
We look at the U.S. debt and see whether the recent downgrade was justified.
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How Safe Are U.S. Bonds?
U.S. Treasury securities are often described as risk-free investments, but that is just not true.
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A New World For Bond Investors
The bond market has seen numerous shocks in a short period of time. What will the aftermath look like?
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DICTIONARY TERMS

Jumbo CD
A certificate of deposit (CD) with a minimum denomination of $100,000. Jumbo CDs have higher denominations than regular certificate of deposits, and allow investors to deposit a certain amount of money and receive interest. These investments are...
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AAA
The highest possible rating assigned to the bonds of an issuer by credit rating agencies. An issuer that is rated AAA has an exceptional degree of creditworthiness and can easily meet its financial commitments. Ratings agencies such as Standard &...
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Inactive Bond Crowd
A group of exchange members who buys and sells bonds, that are infrequently traded. Limit orders placed by the inactive bond crowd, may take a longer period of time to fill, due to the absence of frequent trading.The opposite of inactive bond crowd...
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STOCK ANALYSIS

Three Reasons To Own PennantPark's Little Sister (PFLT, PNNT, BKLN, FLTR)
PennantPark's sister fund doesn't yield as much as, but there's still some good reasons to consider it.
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Investment Grade Bonds Attractive (LQD, CSJ, VCSH, VCIT, VCLT)
Due to high cash levels, investment grade corporate bonds are looking attractive.
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5 Bond ETFs For The Masses (CSJ, SHY, BWX, JNK, AGG)
The diversification benefits alone make bond ETFs one of the best investment vehicles for both institutional and retail investors.
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SLIDESHOWS

5 Tips For Diversifying Your Portfolio
Follow these 5 easy steps to achieve a fully diversified portfolio you can be proud of.
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6 Simple Steps To $1 Million
Becoming a millionaire is not as hard as you might think - it just takes time.
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