Bonds and stocks have only interacted negatively in the past 20 years. Their average correlation throughout the previous 65 years was positive. When this correlation isn’t negative, the 60/40 portfolio is weak in protecting your…
The barbell portfolio holds only short term and long term bonds and generates fixed income. A flattening yield curve situation is the best time to use this strategy, while a steepening curve is harmful to…
When stock prices drop, bond prices increase. A portfolio that holds stocks and bonds plays better than the one that holds only stocks. Diversification means to spread the risk across different types of investments. The…
(Updated October 2021) In some scenarios, bonds are riskier than stocks. The main problem is how to run your investments stable but not cutting the growth stocks have to give. Do you think the stocks…
3 min read Gorica Gligorijevic Investors are worried due to the economic recession. Traders have invested a huge capital into bonds over the past 3 months. Actually, they invested a record $155 billion into bond…
5 min read by Gorica Gligorijevic The yield curve displays the price of borrowing money in the bond market. In essence, it is a way to measure bond investors’ feelings about risk. The yield curve…
Bond yields in high-level markets are declining for the last 20 years. What is happening with negative or zero bond yield? By Guy Avtalyon Zero bond interest rates mean that the yields of the bonds…
Greece announces bond issue under the new government. According to the Associated Press, the new government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mistotakis plans to issue of a 7-year bond. It will be the first under the…
If you don’t know anything regarding mutual funds and you are interested to invest in mutual funds, you are always confused where to begin.
Can mutual funds give you better returns, are they safer investment choice, what are types of mutual funds? Read all here. By Guy Avtalyon A mutual fund is a company that puts together money from…