bonds

Why should you invest in bonds?

Bonds no longer offer interest above dividend rates, 
but they are an insurance policy for market mayhem

Readers often ask why and how one should buy bonds. The reason used to be to get interest at a rate above what stocks pay as dividends. That does not work anymore, for bank stocks and big telecoms, for example, pay four to five per cent. Ten-year Government of Canada bonds pay 2.5 per cent. […] Read more