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The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Time to Buy These Beaten-Down Investments? Junk bonds have fallen, and investors are running scared. What's the smart move?  |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Don't March With General Bernanke The Fed chief is promoting a dangerous muddle. Stocks are now outperforming junk bonds by the widest margin in a decade and they remain at rock-bottom valuations compared with bonds. Don't fight the Fed. Get your stocks while they're cheap!  |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2010 Matt Koppenheffer |
Are Stocks Actually Cheap? Is this popular signal saying that stocks are cheap right now?  |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2009 Amanda B. Kish |
Don't Buy This Junk The high-yield "junk" bond sector of the market has been on fire this year, but you should leave these bonds in the bin.  |
The Motley Fool March 23, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Should You Bet on a Junk Bond Collapse? ProShares Short High-Yield ETF lets you short the junk bond market.  |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Time to Sell This Junk? Junk bonds are getting pricey again.  |
The Motley Fool July 18, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
4 Things to Buy Instead of Treasuries 401(k) reform may have had an unintended consequence.  |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
A Slam-Dunk Trade for 2009 Treasuries are expensive; high-grade corporate bonds are cheap.  |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Can These Investments Keep Flying High? As long as you understand the risks involved, owning corporate bonds either directly or through a bond exchange-traded fund or mutual fund can give you higher yields on your money.  |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
The Hidden Danger Inside Your Portfolio Think you're diversified? Think again. The recent flight to safety in the fixed-income markets reveals the distinctions among different types of bonds.  |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Hard Times for Junk Bonds High-yield bonds' time in the sun may be over. Although junk bonds may produce tempting returns, they should only be introduced strategically, and they should almost never account for a large portion of your investment.  |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2009 Todd Wenning |
Stocks That Keep Paying You Back Jumping into bonds isn't a bad thing, but investors do need to keep a few things in mind.  |
The Motley Fool May 5, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
This Red-Hot Market Is a Red Flag Before you dismiss this article because it's based on observations about the bond market, let me assure you I will provide actionable advice here for stock investors.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
Better Yields Yield can be found in a variety of places, from the most common to the highly esoteric. Here's a look at some of them.  |
The Motley Fool May 26, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Best Place to Find Income Now Bond yields and dividend yields are moving in opposite directions.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2008 Jason Brady |
A Race for Income Most investors who are searching for income from their investments look at one factor: yield. Is this the right approach?  |
The Motley Fool April 23, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
High-Quality Stocks for a Low-Quality Environment Mimicking a bond market strategy in equities.  |
Financial Advisor December 2003 Marla Brill |
Still Some Upside Left Manager Margaret Patel thinks an economic recovery will help junk bonds.  |
The Motley Fool August 12, 2008 Andrew Sullivan |
The Market Indicator You Shouldn't Ignore There's a silver lining in the market's recent slump.  |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2010 Russ Krull |
Bond Bubble Brewing Low bond yields make them expensive relative to stocks.  |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
The Truth Behind Treasuries' Lousy January T-Bonds held strong while stocks collapsed -- until last month. What happened?  |
Financial Advisor October 2005 Marla Brill |
No Homeruns This Year The manager of the Delaware High-Yield Opportunities Fund believes that this year, with concerns about rising interest rates widespread and yield spreads so tight, high-yield bond returns won't measure up to the appetizing levels investors saw in 2003 and 2004.  |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Fund Manager Profile: They're Not Junk Michael Weilheimer, the manager of the high-yield, $2 billion Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston, makes the case for high-yield bonds.  |
The Motley Fool November 4, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer |
Stocks or Bonds for the Next 30 Years? Bonds have beaten stocks over the past 30 years. So much for long-term stock investing, eh?  |
On Wall Street November 1, 2010 Tim Knepp |
The High Yield Influence The meteoric rise of asset prices seen in 2009 was particularly evident across high yield bonds, and 2010 has witnessed another strong year for this asset class.  |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2008 Andrew Sullivan |
The Market Indicator You Shouldn't Ignore Amid all the doom and gloom, one little-known silver lining hasn't been getting much attention: Dividend yields are the highest they've been in years.  |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Don't Buy Stocks for the Wrong Reason This widely used indicator is worthless.  |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Protect Your Assets From This Looming Risk Should you be following China's and Japan's impetus and raising your exposure to TIPS?  |
Financial Planning October 1, 2010 Geoff Considine |
Yield vs. Risk New rules for income investing not only help investors to avoid these extremes, but also show the way to create income portfolios that provide the most yield available for a given level of risk.  |
The Motley Fool July 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Is This Junk Worth the Risk? Do high-risk bonds offering high rates belong in your portfolio?  |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Great News for Investors: Stocks Yield More Than Bonds I think this means stocks are cheap.  |
Financial Advisor May 2012 Marla Brill |
High Yield, Global Style The recent surge in popularity of high-yield bonds has left Andrew Feltus both encouraged and concerned.  |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
This Rally Is So Over While bonds still serve a vital role in every investor's portfolio, just make sure you're not banking your entire future on them.  |
The Motley Fool August 11, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
U.S. Treasury 1, S&P 0 Treasuries stand out in a bond market that's otherwise lackluster at best.  |
Financial Advisor October 2009 Eric Rasmussen |
The Ripe Fruit Mellows Corporate bonds offered great opportunity earlier in the year, but now that yields have fallen, investors are rethinking strategy.  |
The Motley Fool April 1, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
What Junk Bonds Tell Us About Stocks This bond market is flashing warning signs.  |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2004 Steve Watkins |
Junk Is Not Bunk When the Federal Reserve signals an imminent rate rise, the news is traditionally greeted like a general alarm in the high-yield bond markets: "Get out while you can! Run for your lives!"  |
Financial Advisor March 2005 Marla Brill |
Squeezing Gains Out Of Bonds In 2005 It's a bond picker's market. Beware of corporate releveraging.  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Stocks Now Almost Guaranteed to Slaughter Bonds Seeking superior returns.  |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Betting on January's Big Winners For investors who dared to venture outside the stock box, January brought some good news. Within long-neglected asset classes, such as the corporate bond market, investors who beat the crowd reaped some healthy rewards.  |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Stocks and Bonds: Mind the Gap The gap between the earnings yield on the S&P 500 and 10-year bonds is now about as wide as it's been in a half-century.  |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
This Milestone Should Concern All Investors Last week, the yield on the Merrill Lynch High Yield Index II hit an all-time low of 6.84%. In plain English, that means junk bond investors are now willing to accept a lower yield than at any time in the past.  |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2010 Morgan Housel |
Why History Says Stocks Are the Best Buy Right Now One persuasive argument for why stocks are a better buy than bonds today is that, for the first time in over half a century, the Dow Jones's dividend yield exceeds the yield on 10-year Treasury bonds.  |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
7 Stocks to Consider Before Junk Bonds Take a look at these low-beta dividend stocks before junk bonds.  |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Jared Cummans |
Worried About Fixed Income Bubbles? Try a Dividend ETF For investors fearful of the bond market, we outline several ETF options to beat the fixed income bubble.  |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Why Is Buffett Buying Bonds? Recent purchases show that Berkshire is buying more bonds than stocks. Why?  |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Right Way to Balance Stock Risk Stocks may be the investment that will make you rich. But once you've saved up a decent nest egg, you'll need other investments to help you stay rich.  |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Paying for Quality With bonds, sometimes it pays to get the best. Investors and mutual funds that are buying lower-quality bonds may find that they would've been better off sticking with Treasuries in the long run.  |
The Motley Fool December 17, 2010 Michael Johnston |
Looking for Juicy Yields? Try Muni Bond ETFs Are municipal bonds right for your portfolio?  |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Junk Bonds the Easy Way There's no need to guess which junk bonds will perform best.  |