Learn About Bond Market

Bond market (or fixed income market) is a financial market where participants involve in buying and selling of debt securities, usually in the form of bonds. Investing in bonds means you are lending money to a company, organization, or government. Bond market participants include: Institutional investors, Governments, Traders, and Individuals.

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Why Invest in Bonds?
There are many benefits to buying bonds, for example, they are safer than other types of investment like stocks and shares...

Basic Investor Guide to Stocks and Bonds
When investing in bonds of a corporation you do not gain any kind of ownership rights in the company. In fact, you are the creditors or lenders to the company...

Different Types of Bonds
Corporate bonds are issued by large corporations and have higher yields because there is a higher risk of a company defaulting...

Advantages of Convertible Bond Issue
This type of investment offers many benefits to investors, for example, it protects investor from a major loss during the market downturn...

Disadvantages of Convertible Bonds
This type of investment can offer some disadvantages to the issuers and investors. They are complex securities and, unlike ordinary shares, it is not easy for investors to obtain all the information about them...

Stocks Vs Bonds
There are many differences between these two types of investments. Investing in stocks is considered more risky than investing in bonds...

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