Learn how funding community projects can also help minimize your state and federal tax liability. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate ...

Nick Lioudis is a writer, multimedia professional, consultant, and content manager for Bread. He has also spent 10+ years as a journalist. Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed ...

Over the last few pandemic years, central banks and governments sold bonds by the truckload to fund support programs and bring down interest rates to help stimulate the global economy. Cheap funding ...

In the old Groucho Marx TV show, a duck would come down and say the magic word. Today, that magic word might be “after tax.” Retirees and other investors are challenged to generate as much income as ...

When professional investors discuss the credit market, a term that often arises is duration, which is used to measure the sensitivity of a bond’s trading price to changes in interest rates ...

In my last podcast, I set out to answer a series of common questions about bonds. Here’s one I’ve been hearing on and off since 2009: “With yields so low now, is it even worth it to invest in bonds?

Marc Ross has 20+ years in financial services industry. He is formerly a senior compliance consultant at John Hancock. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam ...