Stock and bond markets are volatile as investors contend with uncertainty about trade and the economy. Alexandra Gorewicz, Rachana Bhat and Anthony Imbesi discuss the outlook for bonds.

For callable securities, including callable bonds, issuers maintain the right to pay back the principal before its maturity date. Before buying any fixed-income securities, investors should ...

The analysts’ deep credit research often leads to larger stakes in revenue bonds with financial flexibility and premium callable bonds ... keep the portfolio's duration close to the benchmark ...

But there’s another key player in investment that quietly powers economies while providing important stability for portfolios: bonds ... rate of interest for the duration of the agreed term ...

or company (corporate bonds). In return, the borrower promises to repay the money you have lent in full after a set amount of time such as five, ten or even 30 years. In the meantime, they must also ...