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FFF Invest Money Bond Credit Ratings Explained: What They Mean and Why They Matter In August 2011, Standard & Poor’s lowered the long-term credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA+, the first downgrade of its… October 11, 20269 min read

FFF Invest Money Credit Spreads Explained: What the Extra Yield Over Treasuries Means A corporate bond yields 6%. Is that high, low, or attractive? By itself, the number tells you surprisingly little. October 11, 20264 min read

FFF Invest Money What Moves Treasury Prices and Yields? Five Forces Behind Market Moves At 8:30 on October 13, 2022, the U.S. inflation report showed 8.2% annual inflation and accelerating underlying inflation. Treasury yields immediately jumped, and bond… October 11, 20268 min read

Illustration introducing the Treasury yield curve.

Invest Money The Yield Curve Explained: What It Is and What It Signals In 2006, the U.S. yield curve inverted. Short-term Treasury yields climbed above longer-term yields as the Federal Reserve pushed interest rates higher. Most headlines… October 11, 20265 min read

FFF Invest Money Bond Duration Explained: Why Some Bonds Move More Than Others Suppose market yields rise by one percentage point. One bond falls only a little. Another loses well over 10% of its market value. The… October 11, 20262 min read

Illustration of government, corporate, and municipal bonds.

Invest Money The Main Types of Bonds: Government, Corporate, and Municipal Most people hear the word “bonds” and picture one broad category: relatively safe investments that pay regular interest. In practice, the bond market contains… October 11, 20269 min read