Bond Investing For Dummies, Russell Wild
Bond Investing For Dummies, Russell Wild
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Bond Investing For Dummies
2nd Edition

Author: Russell Wild

Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen

Unabridged: 14 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/08/2019


Synopsis

Your friendly guide to trading the bond and bond fund market.

Bonds and bond funds are among the safest and most reliable investments you can make to ensure an ample and dependable retirement income—if you do it right! Bond Investing For Dummies helps you do just that, with clear explanations of everything you need to know to build a diversified bond portfolio that will be there when you need it no matter what happens in the stock market.

This plain-English guide clearly explains the pros and cons of investing in bonds, how they differ from stocks, and the best (and worst!) ways to select and purchase bonds for your needs. You'll get up to speed on the different bond varieties and see how to get the best prices when you sell.

● Covers the ups and downs of today's market, which reinforces the importance of bonds in a portfolio

● Explains how a radical fall in interest rates make bond investing trickier than ever

● Explores the historic downgrade of U.S. Treasuries and its possible effects on government bonds

If you're an investor looking for a resource that helps you understand, evaluate, and incorporate bonds into your portfolio, Bond Investing For Dummies has you covered.

About Russell Wild

Russell Wild, MBA, is the principal of Global Portfolios, LLC, an investment advisory firm based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has authored or coauthored two dozen nonfiction books, including Exchange-Traded Funds For Dummies, Index Investing For Dummies, and One Year to an Organized Financial Life.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jason on December 07, 2019

Firstly, the Dummies series gets a bad rap amongst the literati ; there are many concept-specific books out there and Wiley does a good job of usually keeping the topics quite clean (and fun to read) when they publish an author with something to say under this brand. I read this quickly to get back u......more

Goodreads review by Ryan Scott Drew on November 15, 2024

A Good Foundation For Beginners in Bond Investing Up until now I have had a very surface level understanding of bond investing. I kept putting off learning anything about them for some reason. Stocks and stock index fund investing was my "goto". I've lived long enough to experience stock market crash......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on May 05, 2023

Since my last course in business school covering bonds was in 1974, I thought I should update and refresh my knowledge of bonds and bond investing I found the book an efficient read on the topic with real world examples that were easy to understand and advice that made sense. I would recommend the bo......more

Goodreads review by Franz on March 20, 2023

Good overview of Bond Investing. My main issue with the book is that it's heavily focused on US investors. If you're outside the US, you'll learn about the basics of bond investing + nuances around US bonds. You'll need to find your own resources on how to invest in markets outside the US.......more