30 Year Bond

This video tutorial from proactinvest.net addresses the question whether convertible bonds should be a part of a long-term investor’s portfolio. Video Timeline 0 Intro 1:42 Key questions covered in the lesson 2:08 What are convertible bonds? 3:30 Advantages to issuers of convertible bonds 4:19 Advantages to investors 5:18 Disadvantages to investors 5:48 Morningstar overlay chart VCVSX, VFINX, VFIIX 7:55 Converts highly correlated with the stock market 8:50 There are better bond funds with less risk out there like LSBRX 10:14 Reward to risk (Q Sharpe ratio) comparisons 12:34 Avg annual % returns – best and worst year comparisons 13:23 The bottom line 14:44 Outro and PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD It is a chapter from the upcoming E-Book & video series entitled A Practical Guide to Investing Safely and Wisely by Richard Wiegand, which will be available to subscribers in coming weeks. I welcome your comments and feedback and hope that you can help spread the word to all your friends and family!

A dramatic change in the 30 year old relationship between US Treasury bond yields and gold starting in 2001. Eric Janszen’s theory is that the gold price is acting the way the forward currency markets do when a debtor country is approaching a balance of payments, sovereign debt, and currency crisis. The 20% correction in bond yields since Oct 2010 may signal the early stages of a US currency and debt crisis in 2011.