Why I Still Buy Bonds

By investing in Bonds I get to Make Passive income Every Single month. In this video, I’m going to break down 3 reasons why I still have bonds and I buy them every month

Now before I go into details:
1. IF you’re young below 40 or so, and you have 80% bonds and 20% stocks then obviously your cheating yourself.
2. And I’ll tell you at the end of this video what my ration is.

1. Seesaw
– Whenever stocks go down usually bonds tend to go up
– So basically if the stock market is going down and stock portfolio is losing money
– Well having bonds, basically helps maintain your portfolio value

Here is Why:
– Bonds are safer investor than stocks
– But because its less risky they also have a lower return
– So when the stock market is doing well investor don’t really invest into bonds
– But if the stock market crash everyone goes to bonds, thus it helps the bonds maintain value and also rise a little.

Tip: however theirs a lot more that affect the bonds market like interest rates, but that’s not another video for another day.

2. Fixed Income
– So a bond is kinda like a loan that you make to a corporation or a government
– They use the money to pay the debt, buy real estate or buy equipment
– And they also pay you the investor interest.

So for example:
– If you buy $1000 worth of a bond that pays 3% per year and its short term bond of 3 years
– You can get paid every 6 months or sometimes every year
– And once the bond matures ( the 3 years past) , you get your money back.

However:
– Just like credit cards and mortgages
– You have great bonds ( AAA), good bonds (BBB) and then junk bonds
– The riskier it is, usually the more money you get, but also the higher the risk.

Tip: the idea, since their very low risk with AAA bonds, the return is lower, but its also consistent income. (but again interest rates can change which can make your bond more valuable or less valuable)

3. You get Paid First
– If things go downhill ( and the company goes down)
– Then you will be first in line to actually get paid
– Once they sell off the companies assets

However:
– If you’re a common stockholder then you get last.

4. How I invest in bonds: acorns
– And 20% of my portfolio is into bonds ( because I’m younger still)
– I don’t buy individual bonds I actually invest into an ETF
– Made out of several different short term government treasury bonds (1-3 years of maturity ) ticker: Shy

And then I also have Corporate Bonds ( ticker is LQD)
– And these actually give me a higher yield
– But they also more volatile.

TIP: They actually pay me every month.

5. There are a lot of rules when it comes to the percentage by age for bonds:
– I like the one set by john c bogle most
– Basically, your age should be in bonds
– And I twisted a little and just made it the figure of my age.

Example: in my 20s ( 20%), 30s (30%), 40s (40%) and so on

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