Oyin Adedoyin

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · Investing in Bonds: What You Need to Know · 10 Oct 2023 podcast

I mentioned treasuries earlier, which come in different durations.

So you can get anything from a two-year to a five-year to a 10-year on treasuries.

But there are other types of bonds, too.

There are corporate bonds, which are issued by different companies.

And there are also municipal bonds, which are issued by states or counties.

And these entities issue those types of bonds to raise money from investors.

Financial advisors told me that people need to pay attention to a few things when it comes to bonds.

People should pay attention to the duration, how long a bond is.

And that is because bonds that are held longer are usually more risky because there's more of a chance that that entity, whether it's that company or that government, will default on that loan that they owe you.

People should also pay attention to credit rating.

This is something that applies more when it comes to companies, and that rating determines how likely a company is to pay you back.

Companies with lower credit ratings tend to offer higher interest payments.

So that's why people have to be careful not to get distracted by that high yield and not look at the fine print.

People should also look out for hidden expenses.

Certain bond funds, which are a collection of bonds, will charge some kind of percentage that they use to offset the cost of managing that fund.

So you've got to make sure that you're looking at what percent these bond fund managers are charging in order to manage those types of devices.

So there's a couple of different ways to make money from a bond.

So there are those yields that we mentioned earlier, which is the interest that the bond pays out.

And depending on the duration of your bond, they can pay out at different times, typically semi-annually or yearly or quarterly.

Let's say you put $10,000 in a five-year bond.

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