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In the past, bonds were sold to retail investors with the commissions built into the price. A client would in turn have no idea the amount that the bonds actually cost him. This allowed firms to pull in hefty commissions. For example, a bond valued at par, meaning 1,000 dollars per bond, might have a real yield of seven percent, but the firm could sell the bond for 1050 dollars, forcing the yield down to six and three quarters percent.

The bond universe far surpasses the size and scope of the stock market. More and more retail investors have been turning to online bond houses that maintain large bond inventories. In addition to saving on bond commissions, investors are provided with instantaneous access to bond research and investment strategies. Just as more and more bond investors have been shifting to online firms, more and more equity investors are shifting over to bond investments.

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Indeed, the bond market is the largest securities market in the world. If you had challenges in the past adequately researching stocks, the complexity and depth of the bond market can be overwhelming. Fortunately, a few online firms have simplified bond research.

Just as there are indexes in the stock market that represent the overall health of stocks, there are indexes in the bond market representing the strength of bonds. Because of the great depth and intricacies of the bond market, bond indexes do not function like stock indexes. While stock indexes provide a general picture of the direction of the stock market, bond indexes are used to determine arbitrage opportunities between different categories of bonds in the bond market.

A zero coupon bond pays you no interest--the interest builds into the principal repayment and you receive the entire sum on the maturity date. For example, let's say you purchase a seven percent zero coupon bond for $500 that matures in 10 years. When the bond matures, you'll receive the entire $1,000 face value of the bond.

In the past, trading the bond market was exclusive to the major brokerage houses. If retail clients wanted to purchase individual bonds, they had to have an account with a major firm. Due to the massive exodus from major brokerage firms, and heightened demand by consumers for bonds, a few niche independent bond houses were created.

Bonds are slowly gaining ground on stocks in the online community. During the mid '90s, investors were forced to do their bond trades with major brokerage houses. Even worse, the major brokerage houses would sell their bonds to smaller houses that then sold them to the public. In both cases, there were lofty markups that cost investors handsome returns.

A type of risk involved with bonds is default risk. Default risk is the likelihood that an issuer will default on the bonds and stop paying interest. Rating agencies, such as Standard and Poor's, and Fitch, developed a rating system that provides investors with a quick guide of default probability. Standard and Poor's gives companies that are highly unlikely to default a AAA designation. Less than a fraction of one percent of AAA bonds default. You can rest easy if you are sticking to AAA bonds, since they are as close to a guarantee as the investment world provides.

 

 

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