Money For the Rest of Us31 Jan 2024

More Ways to Lock in Higher Yields in Case Interest Rates Fall

Professional investors and other market participants are lousy at forecasting interest rates. Here are three more options to lock in higher yields today.

Topics covered include:

The risk of buying long-term bonds and ETFs to benefit from falling yields
How volatility drag has impacted a long-term bond ETF like TLT
Why interest rates won't go up just because the government issues more bonds
How CDs, fixed annuities, and zero-coupon bonds work
We compare and contrast the seven fixed-income options reviewed in this two-part series

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Show Notes

Investors may be getting the Federal Reserve wrong, again—The Economist

Today's Best Multi-Year Guaranteed Annuities—Immediate Annuities

Zero-Coupon Treasuries Flew Off Shelves During October Yield Surge by Elizabeth Stanton—Bloomberg

Investments Mentioned

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)

Invesco BulletShares 2029 Corporate Bond ETF (BSCT)

Related Episodes

463: How to Lock in Higher Yields in Case Interest Rates Fall

418: Bond Investing Masterclass

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