Asset Classes

Fixed Income

Acronym
Bonds

Fixed income broadly refers to those types of investment security that pay investors fixed interest or dividend payments until their maturity date. Fixed income investments, or bonds as they are commonly known, typically provide a premium above inflation and experience less return volatility compared with shares. These investments are designed to generate a specific level of interest income, while also providing diversification, capital preservation, and potential tax exemptions. While stocks get headlines, fixed income is a more low-key source of cash flow and capital preservation. Often, when stocks are declining in value, fixed income is gaining in value, making them an important hedge. Other common asset classes include equities (e.g., stocks), cash and equivalents, real estate, commodities, and currencies.

Asset Classes

Corporate Bond
General Obligation Bond
High Yield Bond
Junk Bond
Municipal Bond
Private Credit
Treasury Bond

Entities

ALEX.fyi
Abacus Wealth Partners
Alpine Macro
Amherst Pierpont Securities LLC
Arbor Research & Trading, LLC
Avalon Investment & Advisory
BTIG
Baillie Gifford
Ballentine Partners
Baltimore Sun
BlackRock
Bond Angle, LLC
Brandes Investment Partners
Buckingham Strategic Wealth
COEX Partners
CSULB Beach Investment Group
Charles Schwab & Co.
Chopper Trading
Churchill Management Group
Community Capital Management
Cumberland Advisors
D.A. Davidson Companies
DBRS Morningstar
DWS Group
Dana Investment Advisors
Eventus
Factor, LLC
Financial Markets Training Ltd
FundX Investment Group
GMO
Guild Investment Management
Homer & Company
Impax Asset Management Group
In Touch Capital Markets
Janney Montgomery Scott
Johnson Investment Counsel
Kovitz
Lombard Odier Investment Managers
MJ Hudson
Maple Finance
McAlinden Research Partners
Montag & Caldwell
Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC
Nara Capital
Newton Investment Management
North Star Asset Management
Oaktree Capital Management
OpenMetrics Solutions
Oxford Lane Capital Group
PGIM
Pacific Investment Management Company
Piper Sandler
Prophet Capital Asset Management
Salem Investment Counselors
Seilern Investment Management
Spectra Markets
Standard Life Aberdeen
Stifel
TCW Group
TD Securities
Tai Tam Capital
Templeton Growth Fund
The Vanguard Group
Trillium Asset Management
Valens Research
Verdad Advisers
Weldon Financial
Wide Moat Research
Zulauf Consulting
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Entity Types

Ratings Agency

Events

1946 to 1981 Bond Bear Market
Taper Tantrum

Strategies

Asset Allocation
Global Macro Strategy

Terms

Bond
Collateralized Loan Obligation
Debt Financing
Interest Rate
Modified Duration
Pension Fund
Reinvestment
Tranche

Wisdom

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Roxton McNeal

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KEY NOTES

  • Government and corporate bonds are the most common types of fixed-income products.

  • For most investors, stocks and bonds go together like peanut butter and jelly. They’re the two main pillars of a well-balanced portfolio, the key ingredients in your long-term wealth.

  • Many people shift their portfolios toward a fixed-income approach as they near retirement, since they may need to rely on their investments for regular income.


TYPES OF FIXED INCOME PRODUCTS


FIXED INCOME ADVANTAGES

  • Diversification. Investors never want to have their eggs in one basket. It is true that stocks tend to beat bonds over the long haul, but you’re better off moderating your risk, especially in the near term.

  • Income Generation. Due to the fixed coupon payments that investors receive at specified intervals, bonds can provide a steady and predictable flow of income.

  • Corporate Preservation. Bonds make sense for money that you’ll need in five–to–10 years, an important consideration for retirees who are more sensitive to portfolio volatility as they have less time to recoup losses.


FIXED INCOME RISKS