Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Would real estate or utilities funds be a better choice then bonds? and Tadpole at Bond Park

Would real estate or utilities funds be a better choice then bonds?



In retirement and I feel that I have to much in bonds.
If interest rates rise, bonds will get killed.
Your opinions please.
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Bond best answer:

Answer by cactusgene
You are correct, bonds will fall in value once the Federal Reserve abandons the policy of low interest rates and the yield of current bonds falls below the then required market yield.

Utility funds have traditionally shown a steady, but modest increase in values, because people will always require water, natural gas and electricity.

And then there is real estate. This will probably be your best hedge against inflation and will give you the highest rate of return in the future, because home prices are still very low compared to past years and available fixed rate loan interest rates are also at historically low rates. Furthermore, if you get a mortgage loan you get tremendous leverage of your equity capital, because of the use of other people's money.


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Tadpole at Bond Park
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Image by Greg Hayter
Fishing at Bond Park, my friend scooped this out of the water.



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