There were no rate cuts for much of 2025. Then, in September 2025, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a ...

You've probably heard by now that Treasury bonds are a safe investment. Good news there: They are, in fact, a relatively low-risk way to earn interest on your money. Still, Treasuries are complex ...

The flexibility of I Bonds make them unique in providing defense against both inflation and deflation. I Bond yields are currently better than those of all super-safe Treasuries out to 10 years.

President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress have implemented several major policy changes in the first seven months of 2025. Those changes include raising tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading ...

The longest-term Treasurys are down about two-thirds from their peak. Is that cheap enough? The bears are in control of the bond market. During the great bond bubble of the past decade, many Wall ...

It's time to reduce fixed income allocation as investor sentiment toward bonds has turned overly bullish, signaling a potential price decline. Contrarian analysis using the Sentiment King indicator ...

President Donald Trump’s efforts to stack the Federal Reserve with economists willing to cut interest rates is providing all the drama this week. But the longer-term future for monetary policy, the ...

I spend a lot of column space talking about equities (stocks). Whether U.S. or international, large cap or small cap, or value or growth, equities are a way of buying a small ownership in the future ...

Anyone familiar with the world of retirement planning and investing understands the importance of bonds. It is not for nothing that the closer you are to retirement, the greater your bond allocation.

Jonathan Ponciano is a financial journalist with nearly a decade of experience covering markets, technology, and entrepreneurship. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, ...

Many investors focus primarily on stocks. However, the global bond market is even bigger than the stock market. With that in mind, it isn't surprising that 36 of the 97 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) ...