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Question: Should I consider municipal bonds safe?  -- Tara, Seattle, Washington Answer: The recent bankruptcy of Detroit has caused a large number of people to ask that question.  How are they answering it?Read more ›

Treasury securities (or Treasuries, as they're commonly called) are low-risk, liquid bonds that are issued and backed by the U.S.Read more ›

Treasury bonds (T-Bonds) are long-term, semiannual bonds issued by the U.S.Read more ›

In a world where government bonds and savings accounts offer minuscule interest rates, investors have been stretching for yield -- which is to say, going far beyond their comfort zones to take on higher-risk investments.Read more ›

Tax time is rolling around.Read more ›

I’ve always heard there’s safety in numbers when choosing investments, that you should always buy both bonds and stocks in mutual funds.Read more ›

There are things in life we all wish we'd never heard of: bacon-flavored toothpaste, tramp stamps, combovers, meat from a can.Read more ›

Yields on 10-year Treasuries are now below 2%.Read more ›

My old accounting professor clued me into a lesson about sales.Read more ›

Fearing a double-dip recession and another stock market fall, investors withdrew a whopping $33.1 billion from domestic stock mutual funds during the first seven months of 2010, according to the Investment Company Institute, the trade group for stock mutual funds.Read more ›

The bond market is a massive part of the global financial system.Read more ›

If you’re looking closely at your investments, you’ve probably wondered two very important questions: When is the best time to buy bonds?Read more ›