More Ways to Lock in Higher Yields in Case Interest Rates Fall | Money For the Rest of Us Podcast
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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