Monday, March 4, 2013

Ask The Expert: When Is The Best Time To Buy Bonds?

Question: When is the best time to buy bonds? And do they still have a place in my portfolio? -- Tracy, Atlanta, Ga.

Answer: Tracy, by the time the stock market crashed in late 2008, many investors had seen enough. Suffering through a second brutal market meltdown in just one decade (after the dot-com implosion of 2001) added up to all pain and no gain. And thanks to a series of scandals related to Bernard Madoff and others, nearly 90% of consumers have come to see the stock market as a rigged game anyway... at least, according to this survey.
 
Yet despite their misgivings, individual investors are now returning in droves to the stock market. Billions of dollars are flowing back into equity mutual funds, thanks in large part to a brightening outlook for the U.S. economy (more)

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