When investors buy a bond, they are lending money to the entity that issues the bond. The bond is a promise to repay the face value of the bond (the amount loaned) with an additional specified interest rate within a specified period of time. The bond, therefore, may be called an I.O.U.
Bond Types The various types of bonds include U.S. government securities, municipals, mortgage and asset-backed, foreign bonds and corporate bonds.
Corporate bonds are issued by companies and are either publicly traded or private. Bond rating services such as Standard
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