Bonds The Unbeaten Path to Secure Investment Growth

The fully revised and updated edition of the classic guide to demystifying the bond markets, Bonds: The Unbeaten Path to Secure Investment Growth, Second Edition is a book for serious individuals who want to learn how to properly invest their money in fixed-income investments, but who lack the knowledge to do so. Written by acclaimed husband and wife investment team, Hildy and Stan Richelson, the new edition includes many new diagrams; information on U.S. and international corporate bonds; municipal bonds' new global ratings, and how to protect against municipal defaults. It compares investing in individual bonds with a variety of bond fund alternatives.Learn how bond portfolios protected investors against stock market volatility in the 2008¿2009 crash, and how they can do the same in the future. The book exposes the myth of stocks' superior investment returns and proposes an all-bond portfolio as a reliable way to ensure a predictable cash flow. The wealthiest investors and financial advisors, as well as investment newcomers from a variety of backgrounds, have been using the strategies outlined by Bonds since the first edition, and the new strategies described here are sure to maximize portfolio returns while providing keen insight into protecting and conserving your wealth. Packed with case studies, detailed bond strategies, and a financial planning overview that brings home when and how bonds can create financial independence, the book is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the full scope of the moneymaking opportunities available to them.