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When you buy bonds, you are lending money either to an organisation or a government, who will pay you regular interest. The less creditworthy the borrower, the higher the interest rate - or yield - you should expect.

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  • Rocky ride for Japan's government bonds (20 November 09)
  • Gary Shilling: Why I love bonds (06 November 09)
  • Why British government debt is a toxic investment (20 October 09)
  • Bonds: the race to the bottom (25 September 09)
  • Investment strategies for both inflation and deflation (21 September 09)
  • What government bond yields are saying about the economy (11 September 09)
  • How to get more out of your bank than the savings rate (21 August 09)
  • Time to sell out of junk bonds (20 August 09)
  • Where next for the corporate bonds market? (14 August 09)
  • Keep well away from gilts – but gold looks good (07 August 09)
  • How to position yourself for deflation (27 July 09)
  • The Bank stops printing money – but gilts are still a sell (10 July 09)
  • A 'last hurrah' for government bonds (10 July 09)
  • Just how risky is bank debt? (05 June 09)
  • The safest way into corporate bonds (05 June 09)
  • The worst is yet to come for junk bonds (15 May 09)
  • Forget shares - buy bonds instead (15 May 09)
  • Why you should be worried about the bond market (06 May 09)
  • Three recession-bucking bonds to buy now (01 May 09)
  • The best way to buy linkers (17 April 09)

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