I’ve been writing about municipal bonds lately largely because I love the tax free interest these bonds generate and it helps with taxes so I’m writing about munis yet again. This time I am going to write about my decision making process for which bonds to buy. Lately, I am getting a flood of municipal…
Category: Bonds
Municipal Bonds Tools & Tactics
Follow up on my earlier post to buy $30,000 in municipal bonds, I continue to load up on these bonds with ~6% tax free equivalent yield to lock in higher rates for tax free income in case the Fed decides to cut rates. I want to share some thoughts on my strategy with picking these…
Buying 5 Year TIPS Bond This Week
The US Treasury will auction off 5 year TIPS bond this week on April 18th and I already put my order to in acquire some for my bond portfolio. The bond is expected to have a real yield above 2 percent and will be inflation protected so it’s a good time to buy especially since…
Update On My Bond Portfolio
About a month ago I took the plunge and bought 30 Year TIPS bond to add to my long term bond portfolio. I only bought $25k because I am trying to pace myself with 10 Year TIPS and 5 Year TIPS and I’m not even sure if I’ll be alive 30 years from now but…
Municipal Bonds: Do You Know Good From Bad?
The greatest thing about investing in the United States are the endless choices. The worst thing about investing in the United States are the endless choices. From tens of thousands of stocks to even more bonds and seemingly endless real estate there are just too many choices and too many decisions to make so how…
How I am Building My Bond Portfolio
Everyone should have a diversified investment portfolio and the general recommendation is to have a 60/40 of equities/bonds but I prefer to really diversify my portfolio which includes other things but today I’m going to talk about my bond portfolio. For the past 15 years, bonds were paying virtually nothing in terms of interest because…
How A Millionaire Buys Bonds and Sound Advice from AI
Buying bonds is all the rage right now and with good reason, for the last 15 years the Federal Reserve has kept central bank rates at near zero percent which meant bonds and savings account paid nearly zero percent. Many banks take advantage of their customers and offer a paltry 0.01% interest because most people…