Category Archives: Bonds

How to trade? As with stocks, bonds can be acquired to hold until maturity, meaning the time when it expires and the debtor must repay the amount loaned plus interest, or traded in short-term due to the fact that bonds prices are volatile and have fluctuations just like stocks. The way to purchase is theContinue reading “How to invest in bonds?”

Firstly, what are bonds? Bonds are loans that investors grant to corporations and governments, as these are the main types of bond issuers and have different risks. Bonds have a coupon which represents the right the bondholder has to claim and receive interest, unless it is an interest-free, also called zero coupon. In case ofContinue reading “Why invest in bonds?”