Same as for cars, diamonds,
bond trading etc..
Not exact matches
WHO: Individual investors who actively
trade stocks, mutual funds,
bonds,
etc..
That doesn't mean you can never
trade a
bond you have bought — just not in the first month, subject to a few exceptions like a small allocation, your credit analyst rejected it,
etc..
There are Interest Rate Hedge ETFs; there are ways to invest in the
bond market (a «
bond ladder» where you reinvest every so often a portion of your
bond holdings in the new higher interest rate
bonds); or investing in companies that will prosper in a higher interest rate environment, including banks, FOREX
trading firms,
etc..
The advantage of an investment account is essentially the advantage of investing your money in markets — securities,
bonds, exchange
traded funds,
etc. — rather than simply putting your assets into a savings account.
You have just
traded what is essentially a single number (two if you include the 50/50
bond / stock allocation) and expanded it out to requiring projected inflation numbers
etc..
From your account you can
trade stocks, mutual funds, many
bonds, exchange
trade funds, options
etc. the charges for
trading unlimited shares having value more than $ 1 is $ 7.
On Grantham's comments: my comments Saturday night are pertinent here for two reasons — anyone selling illiquid CDO tranches, subordinated mortgage
bonds,
etc., immediately prior to the crisis would find two things: 1) the bids were non-existent or really poor, and 2) if the
trade did take place, it would be at levels that reset the pricing grid for that area of the market a LOT lower, leaving the remaining securities looking worse, and a diminution of GAAP equity.
This site promotes itself as a low - cost vehicle to
trade a variety of securities (stocks,
bond, mutual funds,
etc.).
Instead, I populated my portfolio with international stock and
bond funds, commodity
trading funds,
etc., and almost nothing that was based in the USA.
It's also important to review the brokers» full pricing schedule, particularly if you plan on
trading anything other than stocks (options, funds,
bonds,
etc.), as these often come with their own costs.
This has taken many forms, whether it was Subprime ABS, CDOs, SIVs, Tender Option
Bonds, the correlation
trade,
etc..
Everyone Else: This asset allocation software works great using any, and unlike all other asset allocation software, all investments you like using: Closed - end mutual funds, open - end mutual funds, ETFs, index funds, bank investments (CDs and interest bearing accounts), real estate, stocks,
bond, subaccounts, 401 (k) investment options, stock options, non-publicly
traded securities,
etc..
And we're seeing portfolios that have
bonds that are
trading at premiums, that have higher coupons, that have 20 -, 25 -, 30 - year maturities, but the duration calculation is based on the current interest rate and those
bonds coming due in the next two years or three years because of call provisions,
etc..
I also hopped on the Internet to research and try to learn everything about stocks,
bonds, the stock market in general, day -
trading,
etc..