Your Bread & Butter: Bonds...The Vegetables of Investing!

Basic food groups of investing begin with cash, then onto bonds. These are debt investments where you loan money to an outside entity, a business or government institution, and they give you a rate of interest to borrow your money for a certain length of time. We will discuss the foundation elements of owning a bond, how to purchase and some of the risks and positive roles that bonds have in a portfolio.