Instead of taking chances, consider liquidating some cash /
bond equivalents from your portfolio to defer Social Security benefits until you can claim the full amount.
However, looking at it from the perspective of Taxable Equivalent Yield (TEY) municipal bonds are currently at higher yields than their
corporate bond equivalents.
In the first three tranches of gold bonds issued during the financial year 2015 - 16, about 4.50 lakh investors purchased
total bonds equivalent to 4,908 kg, amounting to about Rs. 1,320 crore.
Instead of taking chances, consider liquidating some cash /
bond equivalents from your portfolio to defer Social Security benefits until you can claim the full amount.
High dividend stocks, such as utilities, are often called «
bond equivalents», because they typically are purchased for their dividend, not growth.
It limits the negative impact of riskier fixed - income implements by only investing in the most conservative bonds (or
bond equivalents) available.
REITs have always been considered in part
a bond equivalent.