The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, the fund's benchmark, rose 1.10% in the fourth quarter. Read more here.

Discover coupon stripping, which involves separating a bond's interest payments from the principal, turning them into individual securities called strip bonds.

AVK offers an 11.63% yield, blending convertible securities and junk bonds for high income and moderate principal stability. Read why AVK is a Hold.

The PIMCO Active Bond ETF (BOND) allows managers to adjust allocations across government bonds, mortgages, and corporate credit rather than tracking a fixed index. The strategy gives investors access ...

Schwab now offers 12 bond exchange-traded funds and six bond mutual funds, covering both taxable and tax-free categories. Low expense ratios across the board make these funds appealing to ...

Many investors think a portfolio of stocks and bonds is diversified. The last few years have proven that's not always the case.

When you buy a bond, you’re loaning money to the bond’s issuer—which could be a corporation, a local municipality, a government agency or the federal government—with the intention of receiving back ...

Bonds are essentially loans where investors lend money to a corporation, government or organization. In exchange, the borrower typically agrees to pay the investor a fixed interest rate over a set ...

Tax-exempt bonds pay interest that is exempt from either federal or state income taxes — and in some cases, both. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

Discover the function and security of collateral trust bonds, backed by financial assets like stocks and held by a trustee to ensure bondholder security.

Bond yields are one option for passive income investors, but they’re definitely not the only possibility. Sure, you can get a yield of around 4% from 10-year U.S. Treasury bonds, but you can probably ...