Bonds are publicly traded debt securities that provide investors with two basic sources of return: (a) current income and (b) capital gains. There are several different types of bonds, and it is important to understand each of them to make informed investment decisions.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,
Select and research any one of the following types of bonds:Agency bondsMunicipal bondsZero-coupon bondsJunk bondsForeign bondsCollateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs)
In your initial discussion post,
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum,Conduct some independent research on investment websites and select a mutual fund you want to invest in, assuming you are considering investing $20,000 of your own money into it.Feel free to review previous discussion forums where your peers identified different investment-related websites.
In your initial discussion post, for your chosen mutual fund,
Provide the actual quoted price on the mutual fund.Consider including or attaching a screenshot of the quoted price of the mutual fund in your initial post.