http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsInfo/AboutBonds/index.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/rss/AboutBondsTips.xml About Bonds from ABC Bonds A bond is a debt instrument with a fixed interest of monetary assets issued in an agreed period of time. Bonds are normally used by people to finance their business and other personal expenses. In layman's term a bond is normally referred to as loan which is secured. You as the borrower is r Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:12:18 -0700 http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/1.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/1.php There are different institutions who issues bonds. They issue bonds to produce funds for their undertakings. It is commonly categorized into five main issuers: - Corporate - Municipal - this includes states, cities, counties and towns - Government under the Treasury department - US Governme Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:12:18 -0700 http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/2.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/2.php Bond maturity varies depending on the signed agreement. It may be as short as one year to as long as one hundred years. There are bond maturity classifications: - Short-term bond, the bond usually matures in one to three years - Medium-term bond, maturity of the bond ranges from four to ten y Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:12:18 -0700 http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/4.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/4.php Lost, destroyed, stolen bonds can be replaced without any extra charges a long as the Bureau of the Public Debt can determine that the bonds haven't been cashed. You should, as the owner of a bond, also keep records of bond serial numbers, issue dates, and other information stated in the bond. Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:12:18 -0700 http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/6.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/6.php You can evaluate the risk of bonds by looking at the investment goals of a particular bond, the average maturity, the duration, the credit quality, the performance, the expenses and fees, and the fund management. You should consider all of these aspects in order to know the risk. You should al Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:12:18 -0700 http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/9.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/9.php Basically, a tax free bond is a type of bond that should have lower interest rates. Usually called munis, tax free municipal bonds will not require you to pay federal, state, and usually no local taxes on the interest you receive. It may sound tempting but you should first compare the regular Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:12:18 -0700 http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/10.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/10.php Deciding to choose a tax-free bond and a regular bond is very simple. All you have to do is follow these simple steps in order to determine which will be more beneficial for you: - Convert the regular bond's rate that will be equal to the after tax rate. - Compare it with the tax-free bond's Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:12:18 -0700 http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/11.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/11.php Stocks and bonds are basically so similar yet they have differences. Here is an explanation how they are similar and how they are different from each other: - Stocks - Buying a company's stocks are like buying a partial ownership of the company. For example, if you bought 1 thousand shares of Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:12:18 -0700 http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/12.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/12.php It depends on how much interest rate you acquired. You have to pay taxes as earnings in federal taxes. But, bonds are exempt from state or local taxes, which mean you don't have to pay taxes on state or local taxes. keywords: Bond | Bonds | Financing | Stocks | Taxes Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:12:18 -0700 http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/15.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/15.php Credit ratings are utilized in order to assess how likely a borrower is going to repay its bond on time. This is considered to be an important factor for maintaining the credibility of a borrower. So far, the best credit rating is AAA. The fewer A's that you will be rated means that you posses Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:12:18 -0700 http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/17.php http://www.ABC-Bonds.com/BondsTips/17.php Everything here is © ABC Bonds, Copyright 2006, All Rights Reserved Worldwide.