Michael Boyle is an experienced financial professional with more than 10 years working with financial planning, derivatives, equities, fixed income, project management, and analytics. Current maturity ...

When a government or corporation issues a bond, it does so with a specific par value and interest rate. Once in the market, those values don’t change; however, the value of a bond can change depending ...

Bonds are a more complex investment than common stocks as their prices are immediately impacted by things like inflation or general interest rates in addition to business performance. This makes bond ...

A municipal bond’s embedded call option allows the issuer of the bond to “call” (i.e., pay back) the debt at a date prior to the bond’s final maturity, which allows the issuer to reduce the cost of ...

Savings bonds are a classic, conservative investment often gifted by parents and grandparents to their progeny. But savings bonds have more than sentimental value — they’re also worth real money. At ...

When savings bonds mature depends on the series of bond held. The maturity period for Series I and EE bonds is 30 years, while Series HH bonds mature after 20 years. For example, a Series EE ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician ...

Investing is a numbers game, and there are dozens upon dozens of numbers to know. There are so many numbers, in fact, it can be a bit overwhelming. This is especially true when you get into technical ...