Buying
individual bonds generally is riskier than buying shares of a bond mutual fund or ETF because buying one or a few individual bonds offers little or no diversification.
Not exact matches
To build a diversified portfolio, an investor
generally would select a mix of global stocks and
bonds based on his or her
individual goals, risk tolerance and investment timeline.2 The chart below highlights how those broad asset classes have moved in different directions over the past 20 years.
Just as
individuals have their own credit report and rating issued by credit bureaus,
bond issuers
generally are evaluated by their own set of ratings agencies to assess their creditworthiness.
interest from municipal
bonds as well as distributions from mutual funds that qualify as exempt interest dividends; this income is
generally not subject to regular federal income taxes; note that Fidelity reports this information to the IRS, and may be required to report the information to tax authorities in California among other states; the total amount or a portion of tax - exempt income (reported as specified private activity
bond interest) must be taken into account when computing the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) applicable to
individuals and may be subject to state and local taxes; you are required to report tax - exempt income on Form 1040, and may be required to report it on your state tax return as well
Start - up costs are the one drawback to
bonds because
individual bonds are
generally more expensive than
individual shares of stock and financing is not usually offered.
Generally, investing in a diversified mix of stock and
bond funds or
individual securities is an important part of successful long - term investing.
As
individuals normally hold far fewer
bonds in their portfolio than
bond mutual funds, the chances that a default will result in a large loss for the investor are
generally higher for those investing in
individual bonds.
Individual investors and financial advisors use
bond ETFs because they are
generally low cost, tax efficient and easy to trade on an exchange.
A
bond ETF could contain hundreds — sometimes thousands — of
bonds, making an ETF
generally less risky than owning just a handful of
individual bonds.
Individual bonds don't
generally have options readily available, but exchange - traded
bond funds (e.g. NYSE: TIP) may be.
As a large institutional investor, we're able to purchase
bonds at prices
generally lower than what is available to the average
individual investor and then pass on the savings to our shareholders.
For example, the rule
generally will not apply if an
individual, while holding tax - exempt
bonds, takes out a mortgage to purchase a residence rather than selling the
bonds to finance the purchase.
Bond mutual funds and bond ETFs are generally considered more easily traded than individual bo
Bond mutual funds and
bond ETFs are generally considered more easily traded than individual bo
bond ETFs are
generally considered more easily traded than
individual bonds.
While this is also true for
individual bonds it's far less transparent and
generally harder to find.
interest from municipal
bonds as well as distributions from mutual funds that qualify as exempt interest dividends; this income is
generally not subject to regular federal income taxes; note that Fidelity reports this information to the IRS, and may be required to report the information to tax authorities in California among other states; the total amount or a portion of tax - exempt income (reported as specified private activity
bond interest) must be taken into account when computing the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) applicable to
individuals and may be subject to state and local taxes; you are required to report tax - exempt income on Form 1040, and may be required to report it on your state tax return as well
The Richelsons» prolific writings naturally led to the formation of Scarsdale Investment Group Ltd., a registered investment adviser, which
generally limits its activities to the design and supervision of
bond portfolios for
individual investors.
Individual investors and financial advisors use
bond ETFs because they are
generally low cost, tax efficient and easy to trade on an exchange.
Just as
individuals have their own credit report and rating issued by credit bureaus,
bond issuers
generally are evaluated by their own set of ratings agencies to assess their creditworthiness.
Generally, you can not invest in stocks or
individual bonds with a 403 (b).
When investors purchase
individual bonds, those
bonds generally have a stated maturity.
An
individual bond will
generally make semi-annual distributions, where ETFs make monthly distributions.
They
generally use a combination of Exchange - Traded Funds (ETFs) and
Bond indexes, the exact combination of which is basically dependent upon
individual risk tolerance.