When you want to generate income rather than equity growth, a debt security like bonds is your most likely choice. However, all bonds are not the same. Bonds pay different interest rates and carry ...

Not understanding the difference between nominal and real-money gains can be extremely costly. According to an April survey from national pollster Gallup, just 52% of Americans owned stocks, which ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Understanding the relationship between bond risk and time to maturity and duration of a bond provides the basis for understanding the bond yield curve. The yield curve shows the yields to maturity for ...

Fixed-income investors take two primary types of risk: interest-rate risk and credit risk, and in exchange, buyers get a return. These two forms of risk can be interrelated, but they also represent ...

Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has assisted thousands of clients over a more than two-decade career. She is the CEO of ...

It feels like an almost-constant headline on many financial news websites: “The Fed is meeting to discuss interest rates,” or “Analysts are worried about another rate hike.” It’s the kind of news that ...

Federal Reserve interest rate changes can directly influence borrowing costs for small businesses. Falling rates create expansion opportunities for small-biz managers who are prepared. Rising rates ...