Global bonds are issued and traded outside their country's currency. Understand their types, uses, and benefits, plus how they fit into international capital markets.

Learn about kangaroo bonds, issued in the Australian market by non-Australian firms and denominated in Australian dollars.

Treasury bonds are low-risk loans to the U.S. government, typically paying out interest on a regular schedule. Like all bonds, they're still subject to interest rate risk: If rates rise, bond values ...

Tax-exempt bonds pay interest that is exempt from either federal or state income taxes — and in some cases, both. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners ...

When you buy a bond, you’re loaning money to the bond’s issuer—which could be a corporation, a local municipality, a government agency or the federal government—with the intention of receiving back ...

United States Treasury bonds have traditionally been considered the gold standard of low-risk investments. Backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they offer reliable interest ...

On this episode of The Long View, Cullen Roche, the founder and chief investment officer of Discipline Funds, discusses how trade wars might affect the economy and major asset classes, what Treasury ...

I spend a lot of column space talking about equities (stocks). Whether U.S. or international, large cap or small cap, or value or growth, equities are a way of buying a small ownership in the future ...

For the quarter, the Madison Core Bond Fund (Class I) returned 1.11%, modestly outperforming its benchmark return of 1.10% by ...

Investment advice refers to professional guidance provided by financial experts, such as financial planners or investment advisors, on how to invest your money in a way that aligns with your financial ...

I recently interviewed my colleague Eric Jacobson for Morningstar’s The Long View podcast. Among other things, we talked about his research into active fixed-income investing, summarized in this ...