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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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Bonds: They're Not Just For Seniors |
SFGate - April 16, 2011 - by Michael Schmidt
Bonds are issued by governments, municipalities and companies to provide needed capital to fund short- and long-term operations or specific projects. When investors purchase bonds, they are essentially loaning money to the lending entity, and receive periodic interest in the form of coupons in return. When the bond matures, investors then receive the full principal amount. This differs from the purchase of common stock, in which shareholders actually own a piece, albeit a small one, of a company. Unlike shareholders, bondholders also have a priority claim on assets in the event of a liquidation or bankruptcy. So when and how should you add bonds to your portfolio? In this article, we'll show you how investors at any stage of life can keep these fixed-income investments.
Phases of an Investor's Life
As there is no perfect asset allocation for any investor, there is no magic answer for which bonds to purchase for any specific age group. It is more important to diversify a bond portfolio across various sectors, maturities, types and countries of origin. In general, while the correlation between bonds themselves (i.e. intermediate vs. long-term bonds) is higher than with equity-based classes, a diversified bond portfolio will most likely be less volatile than sector-specific bond portfolios.
There are some guidelines for building a portfolio framework depending on which stage the investor is in. During the accumulation, consolidation and gifting/spending phases, an investor has different objectives and time horizons. Strategic shifts in overall asset allocation can be complimented with shifts inside the bond portfolio to accommodate these objectives and constraints.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/04/16/investopedia3994.DTL#ixzz1Jt5hbb6C
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