The Crucial Role Bonds Continue to Play Across SMI Strategies
Given recent turbulence in the bond market, does it still make sense to hold bonds in your portfolio?
Category: Bond Investing
Aren’t Bonds Supposed to Be Safe?
Many investors were surprised to see long-term bonds fall alongside stocks on the most volatile days in March. Here is why that happened, and why a bond rebound seems likely.
Interest Rates and Negative Bond Yields
President Trump got the financial world (OK, the non-financial world too!) fired up with the following early-morning tweets today:
Fed Begins New Rate-Cutting Cycle
When the Fed starts cutting interest rates to forestall a future recession, that's usually good news for investors in the short term. In the longer term, not so much.
Q&A – Answering Your Questions Now
For many years, SMI used to run a "Q&A" column in the newsletter every month where we would answer reader questions. We haven't done that in recent years, as the ability to interact in the comments on every article online
Two Types of Asset Allocation
How you divide your money among types of investments is your most important investing decision. We explain how SMI's strategies handle this key step in the investing process.
BulletShares: Good News for Savers and Bond Investors
Savers and investors have long had two options for the bond portion of their portfolio: individual bonds or bond mutual funds. Now a third option is available that blends the best aspects of
Bond Upgrading — New Fund Recommendation for February 2019
The new SMI Bond Upgrading strategy debuted at the beginning of 2015. This approach involves investing half of the bond portfolio in two “core” funds which do not change. These two funds provide stability to the portfolio.
SMI on the Radio: The Role of Bonds in Your Portfolio (audio and transcript)
Compared to stocks, bonds can seem rather dull and uninteresting. But bonds can play an important role in your portfolio, as SMI executive editor Mark Biller explained yesterday on Moody Radio's MoneyWise Live. He also
Yield Curve Mania Hits Stocks
The stock market suffered another day of steep losses yesterday, with the S&P 500 falling -3.2%. Small stocks were hit even harder, with the Russell 2000 down -4.4%. It was the fifth day so far in 2018 that the S&P 500 has