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If inflation is growing and interest rates are decreasing, what will happen to bond prices?
Posted by James on January 14, 2009 in Home Loans | ∞
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This seems to be the current situation; usually interest rates go up with inflation (which would make bond prices go down), but now we have substantial inflation, and interest rates are heading south. Help! Are bonds safe?
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This seems to be the current situation; usually interest rates go up with inflation (which would make bond prices go down), but now we have substantial inflation, and interest rates are heading south. Help! Are bonds safe?
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Bonds are “safe” in that they are owed to you legally. You aren’t buying stock that might not be worth anything, you are actually giving a loan that must be paid back. As long as the company or government survives, you’ll get your “loan” back with a bond.
As far as bonds value to you as for the yield – they tend to make money when the stock market drops. So you should have a portion of your portfolio in bonds to offset bad stock years.
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Traditionally, bond prices rise when interest rates fall. Creditworthiness is another matter – I would not invest in junk bonds right now.