Not exact matches
The
bonds in the Social Security trust fund aren't real assets:
Instead, they are claims against
future revenue.
You're more likely to be considered a trader if you trade options or
futures contracts
instead of stocks,
bonds, ETFs, or mutual funds.
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Bond with your partner by snuggling up by the fire, cherishing old memories, celebrating how far you've come, and talking about where you'd like to be in the
future.
In that case, knowing how the
bond market works can help you make better, more informed decisions about your financial
future instead of blindly trusting that someone else will put your interests ahead of their own.
You might use them to fund a
future obligation on a specific date: if you know that you will need your money in 2015 for a down payment, you could buy the RBC Target 2015 ETF
instead of putting it in a savings account or buying a four - year
bond or GIC.
the interest rate a
bond's issuer promises to pay to the bondholder until maturity, or other redemption event, generally expressed as an annual percentage of the
bond's face value; for example, a
bond with a 10 % coupon will pay $ 100 per $ 1000 of the
bond's face value per year, subject to credit risk; when searching Fidelity's secondary market fixed income offerings, customers can enter a minimum coupon, maximum coupon, or enter both to specify a range and refine their search; when viewing Fidelity's fixed - income search results pages, the term «Step - Up»
instead of a numeric coupon rate means the coupon will step up, or increase over time at pre-determined rates and dates in the
future; clicking Step - Up will reveal the step - up schedule for that security
If you avoid risk and invest in
bonds instead, your
future return might be closer to 2 % or 3 % and your RRIF holdings would run out in your early 80s.
Regardless, the higher education tax breaks on I
bonds provide an extra advantage for investors who may some day decide to redeem the
bonds for educational costs in the
future while offering the flexibility of redeeming the
bonds for other reasons
instead.