A bond ladder is an investment strategy that involves purchasing multiple bonds that mature at different times. The ladder analogy is an apt visual tool to describe how bond ladders work: Each rung of ...

Investing in fixed-income securities such as bonds is a lower-risk way to earn a stable, passive income. While the returns may not be massive, you can sleep better knowing that your investments are ...

Exchange-traded funds evolved from passive portfolio building blocks into clever tools that help streamline many parts of an advisor’s workflow in the few decades of their existence. The examples are ...

Investing in bonds is typically a long-term exercise. As a result, investors need to be forward-thinking in the types of bonds they invest in. Furtermore, investors must be aware of the changing ...

Short-term bonds let you access your cash quickly, but you don't get a long-term APY. Meanwhile, long-term bonds give you a good APY for an extended period, but it will take longer before the bond ...

Bond fund investors have learned all too well in 2022 that the prices of existing bonds adjust downward as interest rates rise so that their yield matches that of new issues. Indeed, in its quest to ...

Bond ladders were a staple of many investor portfolios until rates fell to historic lows after the 2008 Great Recession. As rates rose in the past two years, the appeal of these laddered strategies ...

BlackRock is looking to extend its reach in the bond ETF space with a new suite of fund-of-funds to let advisors deploy a classic portfolio management strategy more easily across a handful of key ...

Financial advisors and clients worried about stock volatility and inflation can climb bond ladders to safety — but they won't find any, if those steps lead to a place with higher taxes. Processing ...