When world-wide interest rates have fallen to all-time low levels, it is very easy to lose sight of how much risk you are taking with the bond mutual funds in your company 401(k) retirement plan account. The global bond markets are a disaster. There are now over 30...
It seems that scary bond market articles are popping up all over my daily financial reading sites. I wanted to comment on one of the best ones that I have read lately below. This article is especially frightening. The author provides actual potential percentage loss...
The Mayo Clinic web site states that a stress test gathers information about how your heart works during physical activity. Exercise makes your heart pump harder and faster than usual. That exercise stress can reveal problems within your heart that might not the...
The correlation between interest rates and bond mutual fund prices is the least understood investment management concept. I can think of a handful of people I have met in Minnesota that understand this key relationship. Bond mutual fund prices are directly connected...
