Articles By Pat Bolland:

Bonds

Extra innings for global bonds?

Opportunities in bonds abound but you may have to look globally to find them

Extra innings for global bonds?

Columns

Market-Linked GICs: Have your stock cake and eat it too

Index-linked GICs give risk-averse investors upside on stocks

Market-Linked GICs: Have your stock cake and eat it too

April 2014

How not to sweat rising interest rates

Mutual fund and ETF makers have created floating-rate bond funds that aim to cut the risk of rising interest...

How not to sweat rising interest rates

Bonds

The simple guide to buying bonds

Stocks get all the glory, but bonds are just as important. Here’s a guide to the other side of...

The simple guide to buying bonds
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Bonds

How to cope with financial repression

Interest rates may stay low longer than expected but there’s a silver lining: the bond bull market may not...

How to cope with financial repression

Bonds

5 reasons to own bonds now

Expectations that the Fed might taper led to a bond rout this summer. But so long as uncertainty reigns,...

5 reasons to own bonds now

Columns

Preferreds generate tax-efficient income

Investors in taxable accounts enjoy both the yield and safety of bonds but the lighter tax treatment of dividends.

Preferreds generate tax-efficient income

Bonds

Rising rates haunt bond investors

Interest rates are near historic lows and seem bound to rise. Bond investors should heed duration, or sensitivity to...

Rising rates haunt bond investors

Bonds

Corporate bonds can boost your returns

With yields still near historic lows, bond investors can get more interest by swapping government issues for corporates.

Corporate bonds can boost your returns