Exhibit 1 shows April returns for a sample of Morningstar analyst-rated ETFs that serve as proxies for major asset classes. Investors in a blended global portfolio earned a 1.01% return last month, as ...

I have been invited to countless conference calls, webinars, and conferences that promise to educate me about the outlook for municipal bonds. However, in all of that noise, some of the most important ...

While Benzinga mostly covers actionable trading ideas and news stories, we've decided to delve a bit deeper into personal finance. The team at Benzinga would like to assist readers with not just their ...

Sooner or later, every serious investor confronts two important questions: 1) what are bonds and 2) how do they fit in my portfolio? The following discussion should help answer these questions, but I ...

Bonds can help diversify your investment plan. They tend to be less volatile and less risky than stocks, and when held to maturity, can offer more stable and consistent returns. Bonds are IOUs issued ...

Voters in the Wichita school district have a big decision on Feb. 25: whether to approve a $450 million bond issue to modernize schools. The bond issue would pay to rebuild seven elementary and middle ...

Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich is asking the city's Assembly to put $46.9 billion of bonds before voters this April. "To continue to grow Anchorage's economy, we must invest in basic facilities like ...

The second installment of our series on investment basics will focus on bonds. These securities a negotiable instruments, meaning that they may be bought and sold. Bonds are usually long-term debt ...

In India, the bond market has grown rapidly. Government bond auctions have seen strong demand, and corporate bond issuances ...

Over the long run, stocks tend to perform much better than bonds. Still, it's good to understand bonds, and they can add some balance to a portfolio. Bonds are essentially long-term loans. If a ...