Although no investment is without risk the diversification of your retirement portfolio, to include government bonds, is one way to hedge against the volatility and risks of the stock market.
Burned by the housring bubble? Burned by the 2008 stock market dip? Retirement age approaching and you’re wondering where is a safe place to put your money to carry you forward?
Recently there has been a huge outflow from equities into bonds. Are bonds right for you? What type of bonds?
Here, at GovernmentBond.com, we discuss many types of government bonds including:
- Municipal or local government bonds
- County government bonds
- State government bonds
- Quasi-governmental bonds, such as “development authority” bonds
- U.S. treasury bonds