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Bond Investing For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)) | 
 enlarge | Author: Russell Wild
Publisher: For Dummies
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 82086
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 333
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0470134593
Dewey Decimal Number: 332
EAN: 9780470134597
ASIN: 0470134593
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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Product Description
Bonds and bond funds are among the safest and most reliable investments you can make to ensure an ample and dependable retirement income — if you do it right! Bond Investing For Dummies helps you do just that, with clear explanations of everything you need to know to build a diversified bond portfolio that will be there when you need it no matter what happens in the stock market. This plain-English guide explains the pros and cons of investing in bonds, how they differ from stocks, and the best (and worst) ways to select and purchase bonds for your needs. You'll get up to speed on all the different types of bonds and discover how to know when it's time to sell and how to get the best prices when you do. Find out what you need to know about: - Buying and selling bonds and bond funds
- Measuring bond risks and returns
- Taxes on bond interest and tax-free bonds
- Customizing and optimizing your bond portfolio
- Common bond-investing mistakes and how to avoid them
- "Risk-free" U.S. Treasury bonds
- Tax-free municipal bonds
- High yield corporate bonds
- The pros and cons agency bonds
- Convertible bonds, derivatives, and other exotic offerings
Packed with sound advice and dependable formulas for ensuring that your bond investments fulfill your retirement goals, Bond Investing For Dummies is the resource you need to put the gold in your golden years.
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Like the Title Says - For Dummies Only November 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are a neophyte who knows absolutely nothing about bond investing this is a perfectly good first book for providing an extremely basic overview on the subject. However, in my opinion there is not nearly enough information here to make you even barely competent as an investor.
Although I have found some books in the 'Dummies' series quite valuable as a painless resource for learning new subjects, this one takes its title far too seriously and the author dumbs down the material to the point where too much of the 'meat' is missing.
I have been investing in bonds for a few years but always felt that I was going about it half-blind, not understanding many of the vagaries of what makes one bond a better buy than another. I hoped that this book would clearly explain the various buzzwords and metrics used in the bond market. Unfortunately the author provides little depth and I feel that I'm really no smarter than I was before reading the book.
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