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Top 6 Uses For Bonds
Individuals and institutions can use
bonds
in many ways: from the most basic, such as for
preserving principal
or saving and maximizing income, to more advanced uses, like managing interest-rate risk and diversifying a portfolio.
Bonds can also be an afterthought, especially during
flight-to-quality
events, when investors flock to the safest bonds they can find to weather financial storms. In fact, bonds are much more complex and versatile, and can provide investors with a variety of options. (
To learn more, read our
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