To: maverick61 who wrote (27891 ) 9/4/2017 3:14:14 PM From: JimisJim Respond to By definition, if bond yields rise, their prices will decrease... with years of zero to very very low yields, bond prices have been sky high for a long long time with only two possible directions: stay the same or go down... individual bonds may be the way to go, but know that up until very recently, big institutions have actually been getting negative yields on their bond buys -- something they were willing to do because they have to put that money someplace and they figured it was cheaper to park in negative effective yielding bonds than other places.
