Please provide me some info on How to buy corporate bonds trough online brokers? (i.e. like OptionsXpress)
Some advice on decent yield yet relatively safe corporate bonds?
Want them for investment, not to speculate, I may, or may not, keep them to maturity, however.
tnx a lot
2007-02-01 12:49:59 · 4 answers · asked by Carlos G 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
I can only relate my experience with Fidelity and TD Ameritrade. They both offer bonds. They have inventories that you can browse on line to find ones that might interest you. All bonds carry ratings from AAA to D. Investment grade bonds are rated BBB or better. The brokers also have fixed income specialists who can assit you.
I do have a suggestion for you to consider. There are mutual funds that specialize in bonds, both open end and closed end. They have both advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages: you get a broad holding of bonds so a down grade in one rating will not cause you to loose 30% of your investment. A default will not cause you to loose even more.
disadvantages: you pay a fairly hefty expense ratio unless you purchase an index bond fund.
Bond are not paying decent yields at the moment. The best yields are given by t-bills, which you can also buy through your on line broker. Fidelity does not even charge for the purchase if you buy through the Monday morning auction. 6 mo t-bills currently yield about 5%. Investment grade corporate bonds not a great deal more, not even the 30 yr bonds. Ford Motor bonds yield a great deal more. They and GM bonds are considered junk.
JHS bond fund currently yields about 6.1% A+ rated bonds.
JHI bond fund currently yields about 6.4% A+ rated bonds.
2007-02-01 13:19:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd say put your $250 in a CD at the bank. Though if you plan to make investing in stocks a long term event then by all means open an online stock account. My concern is you say you mention you are interested in the stock market but don't want to do the work/put in the time. You'd be better off investing in an ETF than a mutual fund for what little you have upfront to invest.
2016-05-24 03:44:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy bonds through your online broker. I think that,now a days bonds does not give more earnings.Better you can invest mutual funs than bonds. It will give more earnings than bonds.,and also see the website 'ICICI direct.com'
2007-02-08 17:43:09 · answer #3 · answered by sindhukannankattil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to http://bond-yields.com online they have a very good low cost bond service
2014-09-19 06:11:41 · answer #4 · answered by Vincent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋