Written by Hrishikesh Menon, Edited by Swastik Patel Overview Mortgage-backed securities or mortgage bonds are one of the greatest financial inventions of the 80s. It has revolutionized the bond market and also almost brought the entire U.S...
By Sterling Xie. Edited by Swastik Patel Overview We’re often told to “diversify our portfolio” to balance our investment risk, but we’re never told what that truly means. It could mean investing in a variety of different...
By William Cao Edited by Swastik Patel Overview/Introduction It is safe to say that the stock market is currently not seeing its brightest days, as index funds such as the S&P 500 are down by more than...
By Aidan Hackett. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview Bonds are instruments of debt. Companies use bonds as a way to raise capital without diluting shareholders equity. To a business, a bond is a gamble that a certain...
By Aidan Hackett. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. What are Bonds?e A bond is a unit of debt, usually issued by a government or company. They have regular payments called coupons (physical bond certificates used to have physical...
By Hrishikesh Menon. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview All liquid assets have various investment strategies, even bonds. Bonds may seem like a “boring” investment and it is meant to have low returns compared to other assets but...
By Aniket Bose. Edited By Arjun Chandrasekar. Overview The U.S. Treasury was created in 1789 and is primarily the government department that is in charge of issuing all bonds, notes, and bills in the U.S. Some of...
By Michael Feng. Edited by Arjun Chandrasekar. What are Bonds? In order to mitigate risk and protect their portfolio, many investors diversify their portfolio by investing in not only numerous sectors, but also a variety of different...
By Arjun Chandrasekar. Bonds are basically fixed-income securities, and they’re normally issued by companies or governments. The purpose of a bond is to loan money, and since there’s a burdened interest rate, there will be a stream...
